Thus its people share a home but live forever separate. Until a prince's death turns Darkborn against Lightborn, earthborn against mage, as conspiracies and betrayals are revealed in both worlds.

Freed from his prison cell, the former slave known as Tatters is finally ready to face his past. Now his true nature is known to all, he can use his Lightborn powers freely. But they come at a price, and his loyalties remain conflicted.

Sixty-eight years ago, the Brotherhood of Light came to power. Now, in 2091, Anya lives under the rule of the Lightborn. For years, these men have abused their power, changing the weather and altering animals for their own entertainment.

Lightborn, better known as 'shine', is a mind-altering technology that has revolutionised the modern world.

For the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under a centuries-old curse, the Darkborn and the Lightborn share the city of Minhorne, coexisting in an uneasy equilibrium but never interacting.

The mage Tammorn is forced to become ambassador to the enemy. And a lifetime fighting the Shadowborn has not prepared Ishmael di Studier for what he will find when he follows the Call from the Shadowlands—and meets the woman behind it…

The wolves of Europe have chosen sides.

... Lightborn [bearing a letter.] Lightborn. Gurney. What's here? I know not how to conster it. Matrevis. Gurney, it was left unpointed for the nonce: My Lord Protector greets you. [Gives the letter.] 15 [Reading.] “Edwardum occidere nolite ...

What if Jesus Christ had been born in an epic fantasy world of knights, elves, orcs, and magic?

... Lightborn who hold the true keys to power. Everything the Hundred Houses had ever achieved was built upon the power of the Lightborn and what they could do. War was what the Hundred Houses knew and loved. It made them easy to control ...