Film Rights Acquired for Firelight Series by Sophie Jordan

Variety is reporting that Mandalay Pictures has acquired the film rights to the paranormal suspense thriller Firelight by Sophie Jordan. The first in an expected three book series for young adults, Firelight was published earlier this month by HarperCollins.

The storyline centers on Jacinda, a draki -- a descendant of dragons, and whose greatest defense is her secret ability to shift into human form. When she breaks the most sacred tenet among her kind, she is forced to flee into the mortal world ... where she meets and falls in love with a young man -- a draki hunter.