Everything has a price.
In the kingdom of Axaria, a darkness has fallen. After defeating the evil mother who summoned an immortal demon to kill her, newly coronated Queen Asterin Faelenhart should have every reason to celebrate. Her kingdom is safe, forbidden magic eradicated, and her friends are alive. Except Asterinโs triumph has come at a devastating costโforced to choose between a lifelong friend and true love, sheโs lost both. But the shadows in Axaria have begun to stir once again, and no one is more starved for vengeance than Asterin ...
Yet it soon becomes clear that the shadows plaguing her kingdom are just the beginning. Another realm coexists with the mortal worldโthe beautiful, nightmarish Immortal Realm ruled by the wicked God of Shadow, King Eoin. When their paths entwine, Asterin realizes that Eoin possesses exactly whatโand whoโshe seeks most. And the fates of all those that she holds dearโOrion, her missing Guardian; Luna, the friend she could not save; Harry, the demon who saved them all; and Quinlan, her beloved broken princeโultimately rest in the godโs hands.
But in a world of magic, not everyone is always as they seem. When shocking discoveries threaten everything and everyone that Asterin has sworn her life to protect, she wonโt be the only person forced to make a choice ... a choice that will change the mortal world forever.
And maybe even destroy it.
Coco Ma is a Canadian author and pianist. She wrote her first novel, Shadow Frost, at the age of fifteen, and since she began playing the piano at the age of five and a half, she has performed on some of the worldโs greatest concert stages and graduated with a precollege diploma in piano performance from the Juilliard School in New York City. Currently, she studies at Yale University. When she isnโt practicing piano, writing, or studying, you might find her bingeing Netflix or eating cake. Lots of cake.Visit Coco on Twitter @chaosforcoco, on Instagram @cakeforcoco, and at coco-ma.com.
Saskia Maarleveld is an experienced voice-over actress and Earphones Awardโwinning narrator. Raised in New Zealand and France, she is highly skilled with accents and dialects, and many of her books have been narrated entirely in accents other than her own. In addition to audiobooks, her voice can be heard in animation, video games, and commercials.