Sailor Moon meets Cinder in this first entry in a new; richly imagined fantasy series full of romance; adventure and kick-a** heroines; from the author of New York Times bestselling debut Wintersong! Magic flickers. Love flames. Chaos reigns. Magic is forbidden throughout the Morning Realms. Magicians are called abomination; and blamed for the plague of monsters that razed the land twenty years before. Jin Zhara already had enough to worry about―appease her stepmother’s cruel whims; looking after her blind younger sister; and keeping her own magical gifts under control―without having to deal with rumours of monsters re-emerging in the marsh. But when a chance encounter with an easily flustered young man named Han brings her into contact with a secret magical liberation organisation called the Guardians of Dawn; Zhara realises there may be more to these rumours than she thought. A mysterious plague is corrupting the magicians of Zanhei and transforming them into monsters; and the Guardians of Dawn believe a demon is responsible. In order to restore harmony and bring peace to the world; Zhara must discover the elemental warrior within; lest the balance between order and chaos is lost forever.