Dalan Raymer is not a normal kid... And being a hero is rarely easy. Now there is a battle inside himself. He must emerge victorious, or he may not emerge at all. Even if he does overcome the life or death battle, can he ever return to live a normal life again?

Dalan Raymer is not a normal kid... And now, his secret identity has been exposed. All of Athallia knows he is the Shadow Phantom, and that he is wanted for murder. Now, Dalan must rely more and more on his self-proclaimed mentor, Daelach Ravenstrike, a mysterious man whose powers are even more uncanny than his own. In the process of healing, Dalan meets the elemental tied to his own powers. Now Dalan must discover the fire inside himself. Does he even have the power to decide his own fate, or is this merely the beginning of a much greater journey?