Medalon — Jennifer Fallon

According to legend, the last king of the Harshini sired a half-human child, known as the Demon Child, born to destroy a god .. .

The Sisterhood of the Blade rules Medalon with an iron fist, an iron fist clad in the steel gauntlet of the Defenders, elite warriors sworn to uphold the Sisters and keep Medalon free of heathen influence.

R'shiel, daughter of the First Sister of the Blade, has pulled against her mother's short leash ever since she was a child. Her half-brother, Tarja, is the dutiful son who serves as a Captain in the Defenders. But when they run afoul of their mother's machinations, they must flee for their lives. They soon find themselves caught up in a rebellion against the Sisterhood, though they revile their fellow conspirators heathen belief in the Harshini--a fabled race of magical beings thought long extinct.

But then Tarja & R'shiel encounter Brak, an Harshini outcast, who forces them to face the most shocking fact of all: the Demon Child, thought to be no more than legend, is not only real, but living somewhere in Medalon.