Amanda Carnahan

564 pages, Paperback

Published August 22, 2025

• Fiction
• Fantasy/Dark Fantasy
• Romance

The time for peace is over.
In the Kingdom of Ehora, the power belongs to the Elysian, beings chosen by the Gods to wield dynamis. When humans begin to manifest their own magic without going through Ascension, the enraged King wages a brutal campaign against them.

Chaos erupts.

Amidst rising rebellions and a mysterious darkness that is breaking apart the Kingdom, Elena Morrigan, a young Elysian plagued by her own inner demons, discovers she has been chosen by the Gods to the rare and powerful dynamis of the Light Phoenix.

Unwillingly thrust into a turbulent journey, Elena is forced to confront not only the shadows within herself, but the encroaching darkness that threatens all of Ehora.

With a brooding Lord of Shadows at her side, the two are forced to navigate a treacherous landscape of betrayal, power, and forbidden love. Secrets become illuminated that threaten to unravel everything she knows and loves. As Elena's strength grows, she must make a decision.

Will she be strong enough to help the Kingdom rise out of the darkness and into the light, or will she fall and let it consume her?