Wings and Shadows

Book excerpt: Lucianne has the power to inflict pain on anyone she wishes--an ability that renders a girl unconscious on the day she discovers it. Unbeknownst to her, the use of magic reveals her location to the Qroes --a sadistic association intent on stealing the powers of individuals like her. With her ability far too new to control, she is kidnapped, beaten, and thrown into a cell.She believes the metal lock of the cell has sealed her fate... until an unexpected visitor appears outside her cell in the dead of night, whisking her away to Soratia--a world ruled by magic and roamed by griffin-human hybrids. To Lucianne, Soratia soon becomes home.When the Qroes land their hands on Soratia's most powerful asset, shattering the tranquility that had rested over the land, Lucianne takes it upon herself to stop them from wreaking more havoc onto her new home.But her powers are unreliable, and as more and more teens her age disappear into the enemy's clutches, Lucianne must make a decision: go after the enemy and risk death, or run to safety and hide, leaving thousands of lives to perish.