Shades of War (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9781960686077)

When timid but stubborn Daniel Grace gets signed on as a spy in the war against traitor Prince Ellatar and his space invasion, he thinks it is for his genius level hacking prowess. But the military may have had other reasons for choosing a first year Academy student to infiltrate Ellatar's palace.

Cassidia Reynolds is everything Daniel isn't. She's outgoing and emotive, with an unflinching belief in romantic ideals like Freedom and Destiny. When she sleeps in the forest, the magical Sylphs speak to her of a divine weapon that can save the planet from Ellatar's conquest. Driven by her visions, Cass runs away from her family's farm to join the Dralinian Army. Instead, she is caught up in the lives of Daniel and his team on their journey to Telel, where her tale may be darker than the one she bargained for.

Daniel's disdain for emotion cannot stop him falling in love with Cassidia. When she is captured by the enemy, he may have to take a page out of her book of fairy tales in order to turn his weakness into a strength.

Along with a soldier with a chipper disposition who once killed thirty shades at a go, a former police officer exiled for refusing to swear traitorous oaths, and the only non-magical elf, their mission is to find and destroy Ellatar's hell-portal before man-eating shades overrun all of Dralina.