In a world where those of mixed human and elven blood are scorned as inferior, 17-year old Jelena has lived her entire life as an outcast in her uncle's house. A run-in with a bully reveals to Jelena a startling discovery--she has within her a kind of magical energy that manifests itself as a 'blue fire'. She knows it comes from her elven heritage, and she also knows she must seek out her father's people in order to learn more. When her uncle threatens to sell her to a neighboring nobleman as a concubine, Jelena makes the critical decision to flee the only home she's ever had and strike out into the unknown. She leaves with only the clothes on her back and one clue to her elven father's identity--his signet ring. With her only friend by her side, her cousin Magnes, she heads north in search of the elves and toward a fateful encounter with a young man who will change her life. Meanwhile, in the high northern mountains, an ancient evil is awakening. It seeks something that was stripped from it a millenium ago, a powerful magic in the form of a blue fire...more