Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of
Nightshade, knowing that something was after her. Children
were being murdered — and all had the same odd markings
that mysteriously appeared on her own skin.…
Since then, she's learned to read, she's learned to fight
and she's become one of the vaunted Hawks who patrol and
police the City of Elantra. Alongside the winged Aerians
and the immortal Barrani, she's made a place for herself,
far from the mean streets of her birth.
But children are once again dying, and a dark and familiar
pattern is emerging. Kaylin is ordered back into
Nightshade with a partner she knows she can't trust, a
Dragon lord for a companion and a device to contain her
powers — powers that no other human has. Her task is
simple — find the killer, stop the murders…and survive the
attentions of those who claim to be her allies!