The Phantom

by Justin Greer

The Servant of Darkness is defeated. Lightbringer has fulfilled her destiny and departed to a hard-won rest at last. The Shield of the West rises from exile. The Three Races emerge from the shadows of history. Victorious over Mordechai, Ashera has returned home to the familiar bowers and meadows of the Silverfire Forest, seeking quiet healing and the wisdom of the fairy-folk. Above all, she longs for peace. But victory has left its nightmares, memories steeped in blood, and the lingering sense that evil yet stirs in the wide world.

Madness has spread throughout the many lands of Eridëa, sowing chaos, death, and dark magic. Blood-cultists, soulless murderers, and rogue sorcerers continue the Servant’s work. Worse still are the reports of new aberrations—monsters of unreal flesh that carve their malevolence into the bones of Reality itself, heralding an eternal Night. In hidden places, ancient powers terrors of elder days, monsters in the dark, voices of fury and fear.

Ashera and her companions set forth anew. She seeks answers within long-forgotten archives and in the hidden strongholds of the Three Races, while Kirin struggles to unite Eridëa against a rising tide of madness. Old legends resurge—a goddess in the north, a prince in the south, and a fabled weapon that spells salvation . . . or ruin.

The Prophecy of the Five speaks of the Champion standing as a beacon of hope. But the Darkness has not finished with the world.

The Night is coming.

Kindle Edition

Expected publication December 28, 2026

About the author

Justin Greer was born in Provo, Utah, and currently lives in Salt Lake City, Utah, though in between he spent significant time in Mexico, Pennsylvania, and Wales. He’s been writing stories for most of his life, starting with a yellow legal pad at age 10 when he first learned it was possible to write stories like the ones he loved reading. Over the years, his love for fantasy, adventure, science fiction, and horror has deepened and broadened, culminating in publishing his own stories for the world to read. The Garden Knight is just the beginning of the stories and adventures he intends to tell.

Beyond writing, Justin is a father of two fantastic boys and a husband to a wonderful wife. He spends his time reading, exercising, taking long walks, traveling, cooking, studying languages, gardening, and working as a freelance editor.