A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of the new must-read magical series destined to take the world by stormperfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers, Skandar and Eragon. Let the competition begin!

A new classic fantasy adventure. Eoin Colfer, author of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series

An outsider in her village above the cloud sea, 12-year-old orphan YeungZhi Gings only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as aSilhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt toimpress the Silhouette scoutleads toa dragon attack on the jademountain, Zhi Ging is sure that her chances, and her life, are over. Butthe scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a secondchance. Shes in.

In herlessons in Hok Woh, the underwater realm of the immortals,Zhi Ging must face the challenging trials set by her teachers to prove thatshes worthy of being a Silhouettedespite her rivals’ attempts tosabotage her. But as Zhi Gings power grows, so do the rumours of thereturn of the Fui Gwai, an evil spirit thatturnspeople into grey-eyedthralls.

When the impossible happens and the Fui Gwai attack the Silhouettes,can Zhi Ging use her newly uncovered talents to save her friends and theworld beyond? Or will the grey-eyed spirit consume them all?

A soaring, luminous new world.” Jessica Townsend, New York Times bestselling author of The Nevermoor series