For the last ten years, creatures known as Shadows haunt the town of Newdale, hunting the townsfolk and causing mischief and mayhem wherever they can. Some in the city rise up boldly to try to fight against these foes, but not Darian. Sixteen-year-old Darian Danforth VanEaton has never had any grand ambitions or outstanding life goals. He is content in his life as the son of a gardener, and he has never minded the family's tradition to send one person to the Pontsworth Academy of Magical Defense. He is perfectly willing to sit back and let life happen however it desires. Big plans and goals are for other people, not for him. He will do his best at whatever swordwork or mathematics homework is set before him, but he has no grand illusions that anything he could do will change the world. Darian is soon to learn that such a disconnected outlook on life is not healthy when surrounded by a pack of deadly monsters with nothing but a small suitcase to protect himself and the Shadowmancer himself closing in on him. Perhaps in order to truly live his life, it is time to make some decisions. Anticipated length: 70 chapters Updates every Monday

Fire encircles my hands. Why? Because I put soap on them. Celine is a typical student; she goes to school, does the work and everything in between. Well, apart from the fact that she has severe eczema, a skin condition that makes her feel inhuman at times. The extent of her condition never hit her till high school. It changed her outlook on many things, herself being one - quite possibly the biggest one. She feels ridiculed by her fellow classmates, or a few in particular. No one really knows her, except for Phoebe, her one and only friend. Phoebe's the perfect student, excellent grades, attendance and appearance. But when she's unexpectedly off, Celine makes the abrupt decision to bunk off the afternoon. Her struggles with other students get to her and without Phoebe at her side, her mind takes a dark turn. Her troubles seem to fade away the further away she gets from them, no more snickering. Only, Celine just get off lightly, finding herself trapped with a stranger in the street. His presence makes her uncomfortable and with no one to help her battles, she's left to bypass him alone. If only it were that easy. Dagher introduces himself and Celine gets a bad feeling the second she sees him, only backed up by his voice. The darkness that surrounds him is frightening and everything you should avoid. Dagher then starts appearing time after time and the darkness becomes consuming. Celine can't fight it, but can she find an ally in the most unexpected person?

George suffers from eczema, a skin condition that dries up his skin, urges him to scratch and leaves horrific scars. The condition isn't the worst part, it's the glares and insecurities that eat you alive. When you're to "stop scratching" by everyone, you lose hope and just let the insecurities and voices consume you. Clay feels horrible that he can't help make his boyfriend feel better, well that's until he sees the mirror in the guest bedroom. This book includes strong language

April O'Neil is your normal smiling news reporter on channel 6, but so much has happened to the girl behind that smile. She lost both her parents at a young age due to a gas leak in her apartment complex, but that's not true. April knows that her parents where targets of mysterious men dressed in all black, but she didn't understand why exactly, unless they where after her parents work. both of them where scientist at TGRI and they had found something groundbreaking they asked her to hide, but she failed and lost it down a sewer drain along with four baby turtles the night of the explosion. April is still looking for answers on who those men where, what exactly was in that canister, and why where the men after it. But April's world is turned a little upside down when she comes across four turtles she thought she lost, only not the same anymore...