“I always found a good beating could work wonders on even the most vicious dogs. But to kill a hound, it could only be because it has gone rabid.”“And yet, I am no dog.”The blade slipped, enough to still me. If I’d been a bearded man, I had no doubt a few hairs would have been shaved away. Where was the witch when I needed her? Oberon moved out of the shadows, into the light emitted from a decrepit fireplace. “Still, it makes one wonder,” he said.“If anyone has gone mad, it is Esmond,” I said.The leader of the marauders fingered the hilt of a sword. It gleamed silver in the firelight. My breath hitched. I knew the sword and if I didn’t have one at my neck, I would have reached out for it.“The king…” Oberon paused in front of me. “The king is a poor excuse of a man.”Treason, so sweet to my ear. If the man weren’t threatening my life I’d express my fondness for the statement. Not many people ever dared to speak against the king in my presence. They knew how I dealt with words like those, even if I secretly agreed with them. Then again, I sat on the floor at the mercy of marauders, and utterly out of Esmond’s favour. It took a certain kind of coward to be this brave.
When the Darkness consumes all, is it really the end?
Cadda ni Caridos is losing control of her body and maybe even her mind. That orange glow in her eyes? Permanent fixture now. That voice in her head, telling her what to do? Always there now. When nothing she does matches her will, Cadda realizes it has happened – she has returned to the Darkness and that other voice in her head has merged with her body in the Midst.
Veromaia the giantess is all too happy to be free of the Darkness and in a new and improved body to boot. The Midst will soon return to Aiia’s control, if she can succeed in summoning an army. But the giantess finds resistance to her plans from the Darkness and from the Midst.Perhaps the humans are hardier than she thought.
Matty Larkin is intent on finding a way to free Cadda from her curse, but she has to go north to the Ruromanni for answers. When she does, she finds more than she bargained for. Suddenly,she is confronted with the future of not only her friend, but of her kingdom. Matty has a bigger part to play than she ever imagined and she’s not so sure she’s up to the task.
Cadda must break free of Veromaia before the giantess destroys everything in her path with no care to who or what she tramples. Matty needs answers in time to stop King Esmond from bringing Ledonia to ruin and civil war. They have to be quick or else there may be nothing left to save.
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