WITH FRIENDS LIKE THESE, WHO Requirements ENEMIES?

Personal Kaylin Neya thought her residential couldn’t possibly get more crowded. However when one of her housemates, Annarion, chooses to attempt the Barrani Test of Name, his friends refuse to allow him face his job alone-and Kaylin’s sentient home, Helen, is the just structure capable of shielding the rest of Elantra in the magnitude of their power.

Annarion and Mandoran almost caused the destruction of the Great Halls once currently. Add nine of their closest friends, and the risk is astronomically higher-especially since these guests are at the heart of a political firestorm. Imprisoned nearly a millennium ago, their latest independence threatens the rulership of several prominent Barrani family members, as well as the machinations of those Lords make it extremely difficult to tell friend from foe.

As politics tensions ramp up, the shadows beneath the High Halls would like a freedom that has never been possible before. Kaylin must discover a way to maintain those shadows from escaping, or that freedom will destroy her city, the empire and everything she retains dear.