Shadow Scale

Goredd is a kingdom where humans and dragons live side by side in an uneasy balance. Seraphina is part girl and part dragon, and people like her must keep that truth hidden. She has been pulled into the kingdom's politics against her wishes.

Now war has broken out between the two peoples. Seraphina sets out across the lands to find others who are half human and half dragon. She has an inexplicable connection to every one of them, and together they could fight the dragons with powerful magic.

The quest is not safe. Humans who want to stop her pursue her as she assembles her mismatched company. Worse is another half dragon, who can slip into people's minds and take control of them.

This is the sequel to Seraphina, a fantasy of political tension and large-scale conflict. Seraphina has always guarded her own mind against intruders, and that caution has kept her own gift in check. She must decide whether to hold on to her old, safe life or take up a new and more powerful destiny.