Secrets of Blood (Heirs of Destiny #4)

The riots in the streets of the city of Shalandra have turned into a fully fledged war where those of the lower tiers turned against those of the above, turning the streets into rivers of blood. Hailen and Brianna continue to study the Serenii artefacts and her father's coded journal, doing their best to make sense of the powers Hailen knew lay within. He was Melechha, his blood the only on Einan able to close the rift and save the world from the Great Destroyer, and for this he was now once again held by the priests in yet another temple. The rest of our heroic group are scattered all over the city trying to bring down the leaders of the riots and trying to find out who was pulling the strings. They risked their lives many a time thus turning this book too into a breath taking experience, where betrayal and greed for ultimate power prevail. Many new names surface proving that these riots have long been planned for, and that the people were being manipulated by someone who would not let anything stand in his way. Issa fights on as usual, and even when her own family needs her she puts her duty to Shalandra before anything else, and suffers the consequences. Aisha comes to grips with her powers as a spirit whisperer and puts these to amazing use, whilst Evren and Kodyn take so many risks to their own lives they turned this book into a nerve wrecking one. This story is full of loss but also great revelations, and just when I thought this series could not get more intriguing it seems it just did and it stops at such a cliffhanger ending that I cannot waste any more time before going off to read book 5.