A member of the elite Hawk force that protects the City of Elantra, Kaylin Neya has sacri­ficed much to earn the respect of the winged Aerians and immortal Barrani she works along­side. But the mean streets she escaped as a child aren’t the ones she’s vowed to give her life guarding. Those were much darker…

Kaylin’s moved on with her life – and is keeping silent about the shameful things she’s done to stay alive. But when the city’s oracles warn of brewing unrest in the outer fief­doms, a myste­rious visitor from Kaylin’s past casts her under a cloud of suspi­cion. Thank­fully, if she’s anything, she’s a survivor….