Imagine a world where the ordinary and the extraordinary co-exist, where tall fire-breathing salamanders live alongside men and magic runs in certain bloodlines.
Melke is a wraith, able to walk unseen. Feared by all, hunted and hated, she has lost everything-except her younger brother. Now she is forced to do the unthinkable: in exchange for her brother's life, she must use her magical ability to steal.
But Melke's thieving has devastating consequences and undoing the crime may cost Melke her life. The stolen necklace is deep within a salamander's den, a place of flame and pain that no thief has ever returned from, and time is running out...