by Garrett Robinson (Author), Karen Conlin (Editor)
"This volume holds the first three books in the bestselling Nightblade Epic, and also contains dozens of pages of extra background materials about the world of Underrealm. Loren has grown up in the forests of the kingdom of Selvan, raised by cruel parents who see her only as a burden to be married off as quickly as possible. But driven by whispered tales around campfires in her youth, she has always dreamed of something greater. And something darker as well. After fifteen years of toil, when the wishes of her heart have very nearly died out, a spark arrives to rekindle them: a half-glimpsed coat of blue, dodging through the trees of the Birchwood. A wizard. A man from the outside world. A fugitive. Escape."--Publisher's description.