Tension has started to build up between Zerra and Valarith. Unknown powers have manipulated how people see their own world. As the possibility for war draws near, more unanswered questions rise. Then that day came. The day when "the shadow meets its own light". Obscure corrupt desires now become clear. It appears that this was much more than a conflict between 2 nations.
Michelle Wan was born in Kunming, China, in the middle of an air raid. Her early years were spent in India, and she has subsequently lived in the USA, England, Paris, Harare, and Rio de Janeiro. Her passions include French food, Brazilian novellas, walking, and orchids. She and her husband, a botanist, visit the Dordogne annually to photograph and chart wild orchids. She speaks English, Portuguese, and French. She is a great-grand niece of Sun Yat-Sen. Her first Dordogne mystery, Deadly Slipper, which introduced Mara Dunn and Julian Wood, was published in 2005.