Evil spirits. A cursed prince. Death itself in disarray. Iris just wants to go home, but fate has other plans for this young priestess and her odd companions. /// The land of Erinlin is dying, its ancient traditions choked out by the Kaerent church and its true priestesses, the Candlemaidens, increasingly regarded with fear and suspicion. All Iris wants is to tend her candles, win her shade battles, and chat with the spirits of her realm. But when she is torn away from her home by the Kaerent king, she learns that her country needs her to be far more than a typical Candlemaiden-- she must be as the legendary priestesses of old and walk through Death itself. *** Cover help from the awesome @ArdenBrooks. Special thanks to @rainersalt, @giveitameaning, and @piperjones033 !

Mallory always worried if the world would end when she was alive, although she never really thought it would. Cleo never cared too much- if it happened, it happened. And Flinn just never thought the world would end, at least not any time soon. So it's rather a surprise to all of them when all of a sudden, they find themselves trapped in their school building with cannibalistic no-longer people swarming the world outside. TRIGGER WARNINGS: Bombs/bombings, zombies, deaths, disease, plagues, moderate swearing and moderate violence.