The shadows are calling—and they know her name.
For eighteen years, Kado has trained Auren Trask to survive, never revealing why. When the Galvadi Empire invades the Serpent Isles, Auren learns she is the prophesied delohi-saqu, a shadow stalker destined to bring darkness. With her powers awakening, she must decide whether destiny is a prison—or a weapon.
Hunted. Captured. Indoctrinated.
Auren believed leaving the Dark Isle meant freedom, but the Galvadi Empire captures her friends and draws her into brutal reconciliation centres. As the prophesied delohi-saqu, she must resist brainwashing, betrayal, and Makari’s dangerous pull as she decides whether to save her people or become the monster the empire fears most.
