Some things, darkness can't hide...

Raki Sinde only wanted to help, like heroes in the stories he loves so much. He was barely more than a boy when he left everything familiar to join Aeden and Fahtin as they fled the dark monsters invading the world. Now he has fought—and killed—and learned hard truths about what it means to be a hero.

His affinity for dark magic scared him at first. Then it excited him. But after the horrifying events of a recent mission to Shinyan, Raki is left shaken and questioning everything. His grandmother believes dark magic will turn him into a monster—and she might be right.

A new mission to the Dark Pinnacles promises to test him in every way. Darkness beckons, but Raki is wary of what hides within the rippled terrain of those shadowed peaks. Can he do what is required on this mission without losing himself to evil?

Raki wants nothing more than to be a hero, to help prevent all life in the world from being annihilated.

But what will it cost him?

He must choose a path: embrace or reject the dark magic within him. And that choice could doom or save the world.