Abandoned and betrayed as a child, Halia seeks only revenge. Frustrated by his limited abilities, Oswynn seeks powerful magic. The paths of the thief and the apprentice cross in an eruption of dangerous half-breed creatures and devious double-crosses that might destroy an entire kingdom. Halia seeks revenge against the Terun thief who taught her to steal as a child and then framed her for his crimes. But personal vengeance must be sidetracked when her friend, the hapless apprentice Oswynn, accidentally releases thousands of dangerous creatures from a mystical prison. One of them, a vicious half dragon, conspires with Halia"s archenemy to create the ultimate army. Despite lies and betrayals, Halia must find allies on a cursed island to help her conquer the legions of unearthly crossbreeds threatening total destruction. Это и многое другое вы найдете в книге Secrets of the Undercity (E A Rappaport)