The dark path

The young thief Rascal has discovered a plot by the Umbral, evil shadowcreatures from another dimension, to take over the kingdom.

The monsters canhide in plain sight, taking the form of their victims... and they've alreadyreplaced the King and Queen! After stealing a magical gem called the Oculus,Rascal escaped the city with a ragtag band of rebels and foreigners: Dalone, amysterious wizard; Shayim, a one-eyed smuggler; and Profoss Munty, a drunkardscholar.

They plan to destroy the Oculus, banishing the Umbral for good.

But tosucceed they must trust one another, and in the paranoid world of Umbral,that's a hard task.

Dalone claims to be five hundred years old; Shayim andMunty's people have been at war for centuries; and Rascal doesn't even realizethat one of her party *is* an Umbral in disguise!

Rascal's journey on the "darkpath", through the mist-filled Bulaswode and beyond, will change her - andeveryone around her - forever.