"Valin has never quite fit in with the rest of the Paladin warriors. His power to manipulate shadow has always put him at odds with their purpose of using heavenly Light to eradicate evil. His warrior brothers have no idea how close he is to being lost to his dark nature. But maybe he was never all that light to begin with: when Valin meets the vampire Gabriella, she awakens within him something he thought long buried"--Page 4 of cover.