Shadowborn

For the Darkborn, the touch of sunlight kills, while darkness is lethal for the Lightborn. For centuries, the two have lived in uneasy peace, sharing the same city but never meeting. Now, with the rise of the Shadowborn, everything is about to change... Magic dies with the mage, or so the Darkborn believe. Thats why Lady Telmaine Hearne was condemned to death for sorcery. She narrowly escaped with her life and is now bound with her mageborn allies for the Borders - and the war brewing there. Meanwhile, her husband, Balthasar, has learned of his family connection to the Shadowborn - and he is fighting for survival and sanity as their dark magic turns him against everything he holds dear. At the same time, a Lightborn prince finds himself stranded in the Borders - on the front lines of the battle between Darkborn and Shadowborn. Fortunately, the assassin Floria White Hand is maneuvering between allies and enemies to bring her prince home safely, even as she suddenly gains an unexpected and precious new charge. Now the fragile alliance between Lightborn and Darkborn, between mage and nonmage, is endangered. Even as the Darkborn make their plans, on the other side of sunrise, the mage Tammorn is forced to become ambassador to the enemy. And a lifetime fighting the Shadowborn has not prepared Ishmael di Studier for what he will find when he follows the Call from the Shadowlands - and meets the woman behind it... PRAISE FOR LIGHTBORN An engaging mix of chaos, angst, and manners... including genuine suprises. - LOCUS Readers should find the plot and players fascinating... What will the imaginative Alison Sinclair come up with next? - ROMANCE REVIEWS TODAY