DOES THE USER SHAPE THE POWER, OR DOES THE POWER SHAPE THE USER?
Life is difficult for the Ly Kai refugees who were abandoned by Araxis’ betrayal. Starvation and death constantly loom in the tower refuge of Kryie Karth. For Kaphri, the lone surviving child, it’s even worse as she confronts the other survivors’ hatred and resentment every day.
But Ly Kai tradition reigns above everything. Two days before Kaphri’s eighteenth birthday, when she is designated to take over leadership, their current leader inexplicably dies and suspicious eyes turn to her. Accusations fly and secrets erupt in long pent-up fury and fear as Kaphri discovers that everything she knows about her Birthstar is a lie.
Terrified that she is destined for evil, she disavows her star power and flees out into an alien world with her tiny dragon companion, Gemma.
When three Geffitzi warriors capture her, they believe they have the key to repairing the damage her evil uncle, Araxis, did to their world. Kaphri doesn’t dare tell them she may be exactly the opposite—the means for him to restore his power and renew his reign of terror.
Escaping Araxis and his Balandran forces has trapped Kaphri and the Geffitzi warriors in the South. For the warriors, the return to empty holds and caers while their people battle for survival in the North is a bitter triumph. Their only option is to help Kaphri confront the force that is ruthlessly driving her deeper into their lost lands in the hope that she, in turn, can take down the barrier that divides their world.
But powerful forces are moving against them. The ancient Wyxa, who dwell in the vast swamp known as the Palenquemas, have long memories. To them, Araxis is a minor threat compared to what has begun to stir in the darkness at the edge of their world. The swamp dwellers are willing to sacrifice the Geffitzi warriors, Kaphri, and Gemma to maintain the current state of the world.
While the warriors fight for a place in the upcoming battle to reclaim their homelands, Kaphri struggles to understand and accept how much her own presence on this world threatens the survival of the things she has come to love.
She may not be the savior the Geffitzi need.
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Frax warned Kaphri about the Eldren—how the ancient races did not think the same as the Kep’s Second Children. Now their troop walks a razor’s edge as Frax tries to fend off the Grimmenwood’s desire for their blood and Kaphri struggles to master her starpower under Seuliac’s supervision. The Grimmen has stolen Tobin, Gemma remains locked away in the Guardian Crystal, Uri is frustrated with Frax’s decisions, and Velacy burns with ambition at Seuliac’s control of Kaphri.
As Araxis and his Balandran forces loom closer, manipulation by ancient powers has created a misunderstanding of intent and the heart between Kaphri and Frax, and even the Grimmen has no control over some of the creatures that dwell in its realm.
Frax has always claimed that the depth of manipulation around Kaphri and the warriors is immense. Now those invisible forces are rising in their aggression.
As Araxis and his Balandran horde close in, the Grimmenwood ruthlessly persists in its demand that Kaphri leave this world, even if it means the Geffitzi people will never return to their land in the south.
But neither the Eldren nor Kep’s Second Children are prepared for the true threat that is waiting for Kaphri at the gate between their worlds.
Taking the Stars... 