12 years before

Have you ever felt different from everyone else?

Like they all had something you didn't have?

I've felt this way for 17 years.

Because I was born without a shadow.

That wasn't normal!

Even with this flaw my life in New York was nice. I had nice friends, nice school, nice home, nice food.

Well my life just got very complicated.

Thanks to a book I happen to steal.

Now I'm living in the middle of who knows where with my aunt. I have no friends in this new school. I can't find anything good. But...

Jace Evans...a boy with no shadow.

I was gonna get some answers...and a new life.