The Shadow King

They say the Blood General has no name.

Endolia has survived by believing it.

Cedryn was made to be the kingdom's shadow: cursed, commanded, and useful in every place purity could not reach. For years, he has held the border between light and darkness through blood, secrecy, and obedience. But after Akatra learns the truth of him, the function that kept him whole begins to fracture.

The Darkness is no longer only spreading. It is learning. As corrupted roads, failing lighthouses, and buried histories threaten the foundations of Endolia, Cedryn must hold together an army, a curse, and a kingdom that cannot afford to see him as human.

But war is no longer confined to the border. Behind palace walls, noble houses move, old loyalties sharpen, and the question of what Endolia has sacrificed to survive becomes impossible to bury.

Akatra was born to inherit the light.

Cedryn was made to carry its shadow.

And as the Darkness grows intelligent, both may discover that Endolia's greatest danger is not what waits beyond the lighthouses.

It is the two people powerful enough to save it.