The Hunter and His Shadow (Collection)

He is the best weapon of the Inquisition, a fearless witch hunter who knows that to destroy evil, one must look into its very core. Derek Tobby rose from the basements of the capital to the highest echelons of power, but behind his success lies a secret he is not ready to share with anyone. When the brilliant creator of the arniëls, mechanical beings almost indistinguishable from humans, is murdered, Derek faces a choice that will determine his fate. The lost girl Anna Clo, the fugitive arniël John, and secrets that should never have surfaced pull him into a whirlpool where there are no right or wrong, only the price that must be paid for the right to be human. But even after the mystery of the arniëls is solved, the darkness does not leave—it merely changes its guise. After some time, Derek finds himself confronted with a new threat—the Seventh Sun sect, which believes in the coming of a being capable of destroying the world and returning the dead. In an attempt to save the capital from yet another nightmare, he finds himself at the center of a conspiracy where he himself is being prepared to become a vessel for that very darkness. To defeat evil, Derek will have to accept it within himself—and lose everything that made him human.