[Book I of the Gilmore Legacy Series] When Jonathan Gilmore, a pessimistic and cynical young man from a powerful 19th century English family, meets Helene Hoffman, a golden haired immigrant girl from Germany, there's no way that either of them can know the effect they will one day have on one another.

A powerful deity, Ahriman, has opened the Demon Portal and dark creatures now threaten the great isles. Rhen must stop the destruction and destroy Ahriman before it is too late. The Sword of Shadows is the key to her redemption. She must find it in the mystical isle of Aveyond and use it to seal the Demon Portal and stop Ahriman.