Where Shadows Kneel

The empire does not fear monsters.

It fears the man who controls them.

Riven Thorne, Lord of the Umbral Court, has spent years crushing rebellions and silencing kingdoms with living shadows at his command. He does not hesitate. He does not regret. He does not feel.

Until the night his shadows reach for Elowen Vale - and recoil.

She is no warrior. No royal. Just a mapmaker's daughter from a village too small to matter. But when Riven begins watching her, curiosity turns to obsession... and obsession turns to something far more dangerous.

Because the most feared man in the realm has never wanted anything for himself.

And now he wants her.

As rebellion stirs and power shifts, Elowen is forced closer to the very darkness meant to destroy her. And Riven must decide what he is willing to sacrifice.

The throne.

The kingdom.

Or the world.

Shadows do not kneel.

But for her... he just might burn everything.