"It's true that the rhekaro has been given the semblance of a child, but another form radiates beyond the physical. I don't understand it, but what I see around him is the form of a young dragon." Alec stared hard at Sebrahn, squinting his eyes, but saw nothing unusual. "A dragon? That's impossible! Sebrahn was made from bits of -- me!" The White Road is the fifth book in the Nightrunner Series and continues immediately from where Shadows Return ended. Considering how much I enjoyed Shadows Return , I had high hopes for its sequel. The White Road was released just a few days ago, on May 24, and I pre-ordered it from The Book Depository (recommended!) - receiving it within days of the release and also reading it straight away. And... I have to say I was disappointed. In the previous book, spies and nightrunners Alec and Seregil came into possession of a strange, white creature named Sebrahn, a rhekaro, "a child of no woman" created from