by Sara Wolf
First published 2021
Varia d'Malvane has risen to power and unleashed valkerax across the Mist Continent. The brutal creatures rampage through nation after nation under her command. Cavanos falls. Vetris crumbles. Helkyris disappears. Each victory tightens Varia's grip on the world. Zera Y'shennria refuses to surrender. She travels with her companions Malachite, Fione, Yorl, and her beloved Lucien, seeking help from the High Witches and the Black Archives. The valkerax pursue them relentlessly. Varia can enter Zera's dreams and track her wherever she goes. An ancient book may hold the solution to end the invasion permanently. But using it will demand a terrible price. Zera must decide what she will sacrifice for freedom, for love, and for the chance to stop one world from ending and allow another to begin.
Genres: adventure, fantasy, action, young-adult
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, suspenseful
Tropes: ancient-power, chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, found-family
Setting: Cavanos, Helkyris, Mist Continent, Vetris
Period: ancient
Audio CD · Tantor Media Inc
Content warnings: death, graphic-violence