The Hidden City (Electronic book text)

At last, the story fantasy fans have been waiting for Now in paperback. The incredible story that fans of The Sun Sword series have been waiting to readthe battle for control of House Terafin... Orphaned and left to fend for herself in the slums of Averalaan, Jewel MarkessJay to her friendsmeets an unlikely savior in Rath, a man who prowls the ruins of the undercity in search of artifacts and treasure. Nursing Jay back to health is an unusual act for a man who renounced his own family long ago, and the situation becomes stranger still when Jay begins to form a den of other rescued children in Raths home. But worse perils lurk beneath the slums: the demons that once nearly destroyed the Essalieyan Empire are stirring again, and soon Rath and Jay will find themselves targets of these deadly and ruthless beings.