We are born from the sun in the sky and the people that roam the earth. We are creatures of war and beauty and salvation. We are the phoenix. *** They are born from the tide that turns to follow the moon. They are hunters of the night and people of the day. They are the wolves. *** Rakel grew up in the middle of the blistering hot Arizona desert. No civilization for miles around. She lived in a gated city for others like her. Others who can turn into giant war birds by mere will. Others who are phoenix. Rakel soon discovers she has a rare ability, one that was thought to have died out...