The Girl At Midnight Av Melissa Grey

<p>Beneath the streets of New York City live the Avicen, an ancient race of people with feathers for hair and magic running through their veins. Age-old enchantments keep them hidden from humans. All but one. Echo is a runaway pickpocket who survives by selling stolen treasures on the black market, and the Avicen are the only family she''s ever known.<br><br>Echo is clever and daring, and at times she can be brash, but above all else she''s fiercely loyal. So when a centuries-old war crests on the borders of her home, she decides it''s time to act.<br><br>Legend has it that there is a way to end the conflict once and for all: find the Firebird, a mythical entity believed to possess power the likes of which the world has never seen. It will be no easy task, but if life as a thief has taught Echo anything, it''s how to hunt down what she wants . . . and how to take it.<br><br>But some jobs aren''t as straightforward as they seem. And this one might just set the world on fire.</p>