Book excerpt: Darque destinies! Once sworn enemies, Ninjak and the Shadow Seven have forged an uneasy alliance to accomplish their singular goal: kill Master Darque! But why can?t Colin King shake the feeling that he?s leading a suicide mission, or that his mysterious benefactor, Sandria Darque, isn?t giving him the whole story? Ninjak?s about to confront a terrifying truth?and the answers just might destroy him!