A 12-year-old girl wins an invitation to train as an apprentice to immortals in the first book of the new must-read magical series destined to take the world by stormΓÇöperfect for fans of Amari and the Night Brothers,Skandar and Eragon. Let the competition begin! ΓÇ£A new classic fantasy adventure.ΓÇ¥ ΓÇö Eoin Colferauthor of the internationally best-selling Artemis Fowl series An outsider in her village above the cloud sea12-year-old orphan Yeung Zhi GingΓÇÖs only hope of escape is to win the single invitation to train as a Silhouette: an apprentice to the immortals. After her ill-fated attempt to impress the Silhouette scout leads to a dragon attack on the jade mountainZhi Ging is sure that her chancesand her lifeare over. But the scout spots her potential and offers her protection and a second chance. SheΓÇÖs in. In her lessons in Hok Wohthe underwater realm of the immortalsZhi Ging must face the challenging trials set by her teachers to prove that sheΓÇÖs worthy of being a SilhouetteΓÇödespite her rivals’ attempts to sabotage her. But as Zhi GingΓÇÖs power growsso do the rumours of the return of the Fui Gwaian evil spirit that turns people into grey-eyed thralls. When the impossible happens and the Fui Gwai attack the Silhouettescan Zhi Ging use her newly uncovered talents to save her friends and the world beyond? Or will the grey-eyed spirit consume them all? ΓÇ£A soaringluminous new world.\