Emergence

"Each time it becomes easier. Each time just a bit sweeter. Soon, it will not matter if it is friend or foe you face. Whoever stands in your way will perish."

Ciara is determined not to allow that to happen, but ensuring the safety of those around her seems an impossible task. Not only does she need to overcome her inability to control the increasingly tangible manifestation of her power, but there's Donovan to be reckoned with as well.

Not willing to abandon his plans, Donovan will use whatever means necessary to wrest Ciara's power from her, even if it means allying with those he considers beneath him. More than one obstacle stands between him and his goal, however, not the least of which are the lingering and unexpected effects of the crone's death.

As for Bolin, a chance encounter with one of Donovan's new allies leaves him with an even bigger problem: an ancient magic that literally gets under his skin. Worse, his struggle to prevent it from consuming him has drawn the attention of something even more sinister.

Loyalties will be tested, lives will be lost, and no one will emerge unchanged as they find things are not always so clear on the line dividing darkness and light.