North of Nowhere
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Julia Illystar has been running for a very long time. A runaway princess from a world of Shadow Singers, one of the three races of the Immortal Sisters, she is confronted with the literal demons who hunt her when her best friend is murdered. In trying to find the killer, Julia is confronted with an old flame as she learns her mother, the Queen of Aurora, has died.
Julia is now the queen by right, but who is left in Aurora to rule? With the city in war-torn shambles, Julia begins the hunt to keep the most dangerous threat in a tomb. As things darken, and old enemies return, Julia begins to notice she isn't like the other Shadow Queens before her. A light is growing inside the darkness, one that could burn the very skin from her bones.
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