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The Rath Haven Chronicles: A Shadow of
Light by Rachel DeFriez is a wonderful novel about a young girl on the edge of
her powers.
Where do they come from, those larger than life, leaders of men like Alexander
the Great, Attila the Hun, Caesar and Napoleon?
Jane Weston knows the answer because her brother Jack is one. The two are
Averiens, descended from the super race, carrying the blood of Tuatha. Although
having a hero for a big brother occasionally comes in handy, Jane has always
secretly wondered what it would be like to try a moment in the spotlight
herself.
She’s about to find out.
A live fairy tale is brewing in her new backyard, and she is destined to be its
unlikely heroine when she’s caught in the crossfire of their rivaling factions.
She has to reach her twelfth birthday to inherit the magic she needs to rescue
her fairy grandmother’s dying soul. Until then, she’ll have to survive using the
bit of power left in her grandmother’s wand. Fortunately for Jane, Jack is a
true big brother, the kind a heroine can trust with her soul-literally.
Trusting Cousin Will, on the other hand, is a completely different story. They
have already rescued him from the labyrinth hidden in the old mine, not to
mention from the local county sheriff. It seems the only power Will is destined
to wield is the uncanny ability to find trouble wherever he goes
and wriggle out of it.
In true fairy tale form, Jane finds that trust is a matter of love and that love
is the key to her power. A SHADOW OF LIGHT is fun, but it dips deeply into the
locked powers hidden for ages in the human soul and the world around us.
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