The Rise of Shadows
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forevermyland
Ongoing, First published Jul 08, 2024
Mature
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✦ Book One of the Dawn of Illstarye Series ✦

Hiraeth forced herself to believe that being dragged halfway across the world to Norway by her friend was a good idea. Until they got lost in the mountains in the night with dead phones and shadows moving all around them. Deep in those mountains, an earth-shattering bellow echoed in the night. Running for her life, Hiraeth makes her escape to the dark salty waters but instead of plunging into the Norwegian Sea, she fell into a pocket of space and time. 

When she awoke, she found herself no longer in her world but in one with two hanging moons and shadowed monsters hunting her.
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