Cast in Shadow

This is the 1st book in the Chronicles of Elantra series by Michelle Sagara.

Book Blurb:

Seven years ago Kaylin fled the crime-riddled streets of Nightshade, knowing that something was after her. Children were being murdered -- and all had the same odd markings that mysteriously appeared on her own skin.…

Since then, she's learned to read, she's learned to fight and she's become one of the vaunted Hawks who patrol and police the City of Elantra. Alongside the winged Aerians and the immortal Barrani, she's made a place for herself, far from the mean streets of her birth.

But children are once again dying, and a dark and familiar pattern is emerging. Kaylin is ordered back into Nightshade with a partner she knows she can't trust, a Dragon lord for a companion and a device to contain her powers -- powers that no other human has. Her task is simple -- find the killer, stop the murders…and survive the attentions of those who claim to be her allies!

This book is another departure from my usual read. We have Lion people, Hawk people, beautiful and deadly people, Dragon people - and humans, all living in the same place - trying to get along.

Politics, police, everyday citizens and killers.

I very much enjoyed this book and the Kaylin character. She could be 'every woman'. Trying to overcome a less than perfect childhood - trying to make something of herself and her future.

I look forward to the rest of the series. :)

I give this book 4 out of 5 stars.

M

Chronicles of Elantra

1. Cast in Shadow (2005)
2. Cast in Courtlight (2006)
3. Cast In Secret (2007)
4. Cast In Fury (2008)
5. Cast in Silence (2009)