Like ash we fall
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Book two in the like fire series
Aste'ra is a land of criminals. But it is Shadow's home - the only one she's ever had. For the first time, she does not return to it alone to face Alaric and her own demons.
The Dark Prince draws ever closer. Alliances break and form. Without her, Ilystari will fall.
Tyrin has never met his equal. Someone he'd follow into ruination. But he can't let Shadow go. Not now. Her secrets threaten the very ground he walks on - but her power could change the course of the Realms forever.
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Stone slabs were raised like alters from the floor, and on each lay a creature - some like the Nahosai Shadow had told him about, and others he had never seen before. Each lay unmoving - twelve in total - but it was the strange humming of dark magic that horrified him the most. The room reeked of iron so strongly he could no longer smell the prisoners.
"We shouldn't be here," He whispered to Shadow, who stood still as marble next to him. "We need to go. Now."
But it was too late.
One of the creatures he'd presumed dead blinked and lifted its massive, shaggy head.
"Run," Shadow breathed. Seth was already moving.
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