Tenebrak, The Founding — Shannah Jay

After Karialla's village is destroyed by raiders, she braves many dangers to reach Tenebrak and complete her training as a healer. But the Healers' Courts have been destroyed and she despairs. Then others join her one by one, helped by alien beings called deleff. The group must defeat a new group of raiders, then confront Rojan, who as a town elder is more interested in money than justice.