The island of Ninjago is threatened by darkness.
Many foes will rise, all with ambitions to destroy the peaceful land and cause the balance of good and evil to be altered.
The darkness may triumph for a time, but light will always rise to defeat it.
Seven ninja will come to the aid of their homeland, and they will not be alone.
They will have many friends and allies.
Their friendship will be tested on many occasions, and they will fight many battles.
But they will stand together, and choose to fight destruction and darkness with creation and light.
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Lyla Marie Brookstone spent most of her life living alone with her older brother Cole, after their mother's death. Years later, their father sent them both to a performing arts school. Then an old man named Sensei Wu came into their lives, and everything changed once more. He revealed that Cole had great potential, and he set off on a journey to become one of the ninja chosen to protect the peaceful land of Ninjago. Lyla went with her brother, and met the other ninja in training that would soon become her family. The small group training under their new ninja master were were given a seemingly impossible task of fighting for their homeland, and to do their best to preserve the balance of good and evil. But where there is light, there will always be shadow.
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Book One of the Balance Of Light And Darkness trilogy