Survival was her only goal until destiny made her its weapon.

Evanora has survived the brutal slums the only way she knows how - hunting by day, stealing by night, and trusting no one enough to get close. Half-blood, wings too torn to ever fly among nobility, and utterly alone, she's spent her life learning to disappear before someone stronger decides to take what little she has left.

Then golden eyes find her in the dark.

Ronan is powerful, relentless, and utterly convinced that Evanora is the key to a prophecy the world has spent centuries trying to prevent - a bond between shadow and flame that was never meant to awaken. As her magic stirs and their connection deepens, Evanora realizes that surviving the slums was only the beginning. An ancient darkness once thought forgotten is stirring, hungry for the very power now growing inside her.

With enemies twisting the people she once trusted into weapons of shadow, and a war brewing that could reshape the world, Evanora must decide whether to run from the destiny closing in around her - or become the one thing capable of standing against it.

Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing and A Court of Thorns and Roses, The Shifting Scales is the first book in a sweeping romantasy trilogy where survival, power, and love collide - and nothing will ever be the same.