The Children of Darkness

"A thousand years ago the Darkness came - a time of violence and social collapse. For ten centuries the vicars of the Temple of Light have kept the madness at bay with "temple magic." Childhood friends, Orah and Nathaniel, bristle at the limits imposed, but are unwilling to challenge the status quo, until Orah is summoned for a teaching - the coming-of-age ritual that binds the young to the Light. Nathaniel follows in a foolhardy attempt to save her. In the prisons of Temple City, they discover a secret that launches them on a journey to find the forbidden keep. For therein lies a truth from the past that could unleash the potential of their people, but it might also cost them their lives."--Book cover.