Dragonkin are feared throughout the kingdom. Powerful. Deadly. Unpredictable. Stories claim they are monsters born from dragon blood and dark magic, creatures capable of leveling entire cities when provoked. Most people believe those stories. You never did. When a chance encounter leads you deep into the forbidden Shadowwood Forest, you come face-to-face with the one creature everyone fears most: Xaden Drakos. A powerful Dragonkin who commands living shadows, bears the wings and scales of a dragon, and possesses a reputation terrifying enough to keep entire armies away from his territory. You should run. Instead, you stay. Now, as ancient secrets come to light and a dangerous connection begins to grow between you, the line between monster and man becomes harder to see. And Xaden is beginning to realize there may be something more dangerous than hunters. Losing you.