SOMETIMES YOU CHOOSE YOUR BATTLES. AND
SOMETIMES, THEY CHOOSE YOU...
Once, Max dreamed of a career, a home, a loving family. Now all
she wants is freedom...and revenge. A witch named Giselle
transformed Max into a warrior with extraordinary strength, speed,
and endurance. Bound by spellcraft, Max has no choice but to fight
as Giselle''s personal magic weapon -- a Shadowblade -- and she''s
lethally good at it. But her skills are about to be put to the test
as they never have before....
The ancient Guardians of the earth are preparing to unleash
widespread destruction on the mortal world, and they want the
witches to help them. If the witches refuse, their covens will be
destroyed, including Horngate, the place Max has grudgingly come to
think of as home. Max thinks she can find a way to help Horngate
stand against the Guardians, but doing so will mean forging
dangerous alliances -- including one with a rival witch''s
Shadowblade, who is as drawn to Max as she is to him -- and
standing with the witch she despises. Max will have to choose
between the old life she still dreams of and the warrior she has
become, and take her place on the side of right -- if she survives
long enough to figure out which side that is....