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When Darkness Blinds
"The dreamworld began to fade, but the image of the boy lingered in my mind. His words were the last thing I heard before sleep claimed me. “Don’t forget; you owe me a favour.""
Ara has done the impossible. Not only did she survive the netherworld, but she also unmasked The Lord’s true form and rescued his prisoners. Now, with the night world gone, Ara believes leading the former captives to safety will be her final test.
But the journey home is only the beginning of her trials. Kav, The Lord's right-hand woman, has seized power, and—fearful of her wrath and skeptical of Ara's story—the townspeople are unwilling to disobey her. Now Ara must choose: submit to Kav’s rule knowing it will bring suffering to her people or risk retribution by defying her in secret.
To make matters worse, Nat’s spirit is still missing. Ara is determined to find it, but with options running out, her only hope may lie in her dreams—dreams of a strange boy with green eyes, a boy whom she still owes a favour…
When Darkness Blinds is the second book in the Shadows of the Vale series. When Shadows Fall, the first book in the series, was a finalist for two provincial awards, and for three Indie Ink Awards: Best Setting, Best Friendship, and Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation.
Ara has done the impossible. Not only did she survive the netherworld, but she also unmasked The Lord’s true form and rescued his prisoners. Now, with the night world gone, Ara believes leading the former captives to safety will be her final test.
But the journey home is only the beginning of her trials. Kav, The Lord's right-hand woman, has seized power, and—fearful of her wrath and skeptical of Ara's story—the townspeople are unwilling to disobey her. Now Ara must choose: submit to Kav’s rule knowing it will bring suffering to her people or risk retribution by defying her in secret.
To make matters worse, Nat’s spirit is still missing. Ara is determined to find it, but with options running out, her only hope may lie in her dreams—dreams of a strange boy with green eyes, a boy whom she still owes a favour…
When Darkness Blinds is the second book in the Shadows of the Vale series. When Shadows Fall, the first book in the series, was a finalist for two provincial awards, and for three Indie Ink Awards: Best Setting, Best Friendship, and Writing the Future We Need: Mental Health Representation.
432 pages, Paperback
Published January 19, 2026
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Lindy Enns
2 books17 followersLindy Enns grew up on an acreage in Saskatchewan, Canada. For the past ten years, she has divided her time between her writing projects and her work as an educational assistant. She currently lives with her cat, Kaylee, and a rapidly shrinking collection of house plants. When Shadows Fall is Lindy's debut novel and the first book in her Shadows of the Vale series.
To learn more about her books and to keep up to date on all her writing news, you can subscribe to her email list through her website, www.lindyenns.com.
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