Lena Zurak is an elf who has never mastered magic. Her classmates at the Academy of Light mock her failures, and even her god seems distant.

The bow is the only place she feels steady, the string the only thing that never betrays her.

When whispers of a rising cult reach the Academy, Lena is sent on a mission she never wanted. The cult’s leader, Karkathi ed’ Sayana, is twisting local tribe members into weapons to try and overthrow a kingdom.

Entire clans vanish into the dark, and even the proud Evania family teeters on collapse.

Armed with a bow and a courage she barely believes in, Lena must navigate new alliances, uncover buried truths, and face an enemy who seems to grow stronger with every life he takes, even as Reeve, a human tied to the dynasty’s fate, stirs feelings she cannot ignore.

If she fails, the cult will rise, the dynasty will fall, and all that remains of Solana’s light may be snuffed out forever.

For readers who crave fierce heroines, dark cults, and high-stakes fantasy.