The Shadow Hunters
Published June 2007
HarperCollins NZ
Have you got a shadow? Then hold onto it . . . before it betrays you
Elves who live secretly in the midst of the human world are known as
shadows. After a near-miss on the king during a royal hunt, the rumour is
spread that the elves were trying to kill the king. From then on, the elves
live in constant fear of the king’s shadow hunters, who seek to capture and
enslave them.
Rhonan and his sister Dyahn are half-human half-elf, and when they sneak
away to play with the wild ponies on the moors, they accidentally lead the
shadow hunters back to their family. In a twisting, turning tale of dragonets,
magic stones and broken promises, they must try to save their parents from
the wrath of the king.
But something terrible is about to happen, and the
magic the elves have relied on to conceal themselves begins to fade,
leaving
them exposed to the wily shadow hunters. Time is running out for Rhonan
and Dyahn . . .