Of Shadows and Steel | Book One

The steel watches. The shadows listen.

Maren Elidere has never known peace. A lifetime spent hiding from hunters, a decade spent at the mercy of the notorious Ravengarde--she is a herring, a persecuted magic-user, and her days are numbered. Everything Maren holds dear is balancing precariously on a knife's edge as the Ravengarde tasks her with one final mission: assume the identity of Cerelia Faulwen, infiltrate the palace, and kill the Crowned Prince.

Ares Cardonell has returned to court after a lifetime away. He's a curiosity, something to be kept at a safe distance. Monster. Demon. An anomaly. The powerful magic in his veins has leached away any control the prince has ever had over himself and branded him a danger to society. However, with the death of his father, he must now assume his role as King of Relia. But he can't just yet; Ares has to learn to control his magic--before his power consumes them all.

Beneath it all, mysterious shapes dance within the palace, uncovering darkness long-buried and rituals long forgotten. The voices of the dead can never be forgotten when Death begins whispering through the court.