In the kingdom of Goredd, dragons and humans coexist under an uneasy truce, with dragons bound by law to take human form in the city. Seraphina, a young court musician of remarkable talent, guards a devastating secret: she is half-dragon. When a member of the royal family is murdered in a manner suggesting dragon involvement, Seraphina is drawn into the investigation alongside the sharp-minded Prince Lucien.

Seraphina is introspective, fiercely intelligent, and burdened with self-imposed isolation — she believes exposure would mean death. Her musical gift is both her disguise and her truest self-expression. Over the duology she transforms from someone who survives by concealment into a leader willing to stand exposed in order to protect others.

Across two books, Seraphina moves from hiding in plain sight to embracing her hybrid identity as the peace she has always tried to protect collapses into open war. The sequel Shadow Scale sends her across the world to gather others like herself — the half-dragons whose combined gifts may be the only force capable of stopping a terrifying new enemy. Themes of identity, acceptance, and the courage to be whole run through every chapter.