Fallon Swift, approaching her thirteenth birthday, barely knows the world that existed before--the city where her parents lived, now in ruins and reclaimed by nature since the Doom sickened and killed billions. Traveling anywhere is a danger, as vicious gangs of Raiders and fanatics called Purity Warriors search for their next victim. Those like Fallon, in possession of gifts, are hunted--and the time is coming when her true nature, her identity as The One, can no longer be hidden. In a mysterious shelter in the forest, her training is about to begin under the guidance of Mallick, whose skills have been honed over centuries. She will learn the old ways of healing; study and spar; encounter faeries and elves and shifters; and find powers within herself she never imagined. And when the time is right, she will take up the sword, and fight. For until she grows into the woman she was born to be, the world outside will never be whole again.
Biografie
Nora Roberts, geb. 1950 in Maryland. Als sie 1979 in ihrem Landhaus eingeschneit wurde, griff sie zu Stift und Papier und begann zu schreiben. Ihren ersten Roman veröffentlichte sie 1981. Seitdem hat Nora Roberts über 100 Bücher geschrieben. Mit einer Gesamtauflage von mehr als 100 Millionen Exemplaren ist sie eine der erfolgreichsten Autorinnen weltweit. Nora Roberts hat zwei erwachsene Söhne und lebt mit ihrem Ehemann in Keedsville, Maryland.