Books of the Immortals - Ether — Barbara G. Tarn

Healer. Magic user. Victim. A natural non-human magic user against a minion of a Pond of Dark Magic. The struggle for power between Humans and Genn is only at the beginning. Joyspring the Genn meets her first Human friend and then Edwyn Blackmore. Joyspring's youth doesn't prevent her from seeing beyond the mask: Edwyn is not as good as he pretends to be. Thus the struggle with darkness starts, forcing Kyler Darklight back into action after a century of peace. Can the Varian Empire defeat the Blackmore threat? Includes bonus prequel stories