The Shadow Crown

A void of endless shadows burns into the sky in the northern lands, an ancient seal that appears to be weakening...

With gods and demons only ancient lore, and humans seizing power after the Wars of the Shadows, the land of Sol falls to pestilence and plague under the rule of a vengeful king, a man clouded by his hatred for magic. Those hoping to escape persecution become casters, magickers subservient only to the throne. As the king wages a war against magic and ensures the extinction of the magicker race, the shadows teem with an old and ancient evil.

But when a young orphan named Rat becomes embroiled with the master assassin, Kret Blaze, she finds herself lost within the chaos of her own mysterious and uncontrollable magic, and the resurrection of a dark, evil force far more powerful than the gods of old.

Desperate to save those she loves, she must choose between loyalty, the power of gods--and the extinction of her own race.