Amanda Horan – författare

Daniel Welsh was born different-and to Daniel, to be different means to be alone. But what if he''s wrong?

Born an albino with a photographic memory, Daniel Welsh never expected to fit in. Yet, when he is approached by Trinity-a young girl who definitely isn''t human-she reveals a whole new world where he might just belong. Ariest is a place where his features aren''t a disability or the mark of a freak, but rather a trait of powerful mages born of human-faerie unions. His father is a renowned war hero and swordsman, his mother is a human doctor, and that makes him a powerful mage that''ll tip the scales. Magic is real-and so is the threat it brings.

Trinity and her father, a battle mage, aren''t the only ones to have discovered Daniel and his gifts hidden in the human realm.

The Shade have awakened.

Enemies to the fae realm long thought dead have been lying in wait for their moment to strike. Young mages like Daniel are the perfect morsel for their starving appetites and they start their killing spree without delay with the nearest unsuspecting mage boy. Daniel cannot sit idly by while monsters take innocent lives, so he will embrace a destiny he is only just beginning to understand... even if it means losing a life that''s finally worth living.

A young mage on a mission. A destiny he must avoid. One mistake could bring down his world...

Albino half-faerie Daniel Welsh may have won the Beltane Festival Games, but he still has a job to do. And when the grimoire he''s tasked with delivering is nearly stolen a second time, he realizes he must bolster his magic. But he''s terrified to try when a prophetic dream reveals he''ll destroy everything he loves.

Returning to Earth from the faerie realm, Daniel plans for a proper goodbye to his family. But after being tormented by his old school bullies, what''s left of his confidence is destroyed. And when shadow vampires bent on his destruction follow him home, he may not survive to fulfill his frightening vision.

Can Daniel live long enough to master his power and avert the inevitable?