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Name: Darkborn

Author: Alison Sinclair
Year: 2009
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Fantasy, Romance

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ISBNs:
9780451462701
045146270X

For the Darkborn, sunlight kills. For the Lightborn, darkness is fatal. Living under a centuries-old curse, the Darkborn and the Lightborn share the city ofMinhorne, coexisting in an uneasy equilibrium but never interacting. When Darkborn physicianBalthasar Hearne finds a pregnant fugitive on his doorstep just before sunrise, he has no choice but to take her in. Tercelle Amberleys betrothed is a powerful Darkborn nobleman, but her illicit lover came to her through the daytime. When she gives birth to twin boys, they can see, something unheard of among the Darkborn. When men come for the boys, Balthasar is saved by the intervention of his Lightborn neighborand healed by the hands of his wife, Telmaine. Soon he finds himself drawn deeper into political intrigue and magical attacks, while Telmaine must confront a power she can no longer keep sheathed in gloves, a power she neither wants nor can control.

This book is part of the "Darkborn" series. Here are some other books from this series:

"Shadowborn"
First published in 2011
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"Lightborn"
First published in 2010
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