Elizabeth Shadow is finally eighteen today, which means she eligible for The Arena, where other freshly-adult people fight to the death for a chance to become soldiers for the government. But as this generation's only Shadowwalker, Elizabeth is struggling. But she's determined to avenge her older sister, Amelia, and her father, who both died due to the Corrupted-powerless people who use black magic-in the upcoming war. Though not everything is as it seems once she befriends a naive golden girl and a powerless boy. Legacy of Shadows series book one