Evil doesn’t wait for anyone, least of all for mankind to grieve and rebuild.
Like the rest of the Council of Light, Darian is trying to bury the pain and guilt of his failures. At every turn, he sees reminders of the men he led into battle. The men who died. Darian uses his new security company – Sentinel Security – as a shield for his grief.
An assassination attempt on his most important client pulls him even deeper into the past, threatening to undo everything he and the Council of Light achieved with their sacrifice. When Darian reveals the mastermind behind the attempted murder, it’s the springboard to uncovering more secrets. Betrayals rise to the surface like oozing sores, exposing former allies as enemies and unwitting associates as key players in the fight against the demon Overlords.
The Council has no choice but to lend its trust to the untrustworthy, because the alternative is unthinkable. This time, death isn’t promised. An eternity of pain and torture is their reward for failure.
NOTE: This novella contains references to character deaths, sexual violence, torture, and suicidal thought. These themes are integral to the story and the Council’s fight against the Overlords, but these events are not described in detail.
I love to read almost any genre. While the most popular authors continue to thoroughly entertain us, I've found some of my favorite series have come from new authors. My all-time favorite has to be Ben Hale's, Chronicles of Lumineia, along with all the side stories that go with it. A very close second is Michael Manning's, Mageborn Series. I've found several gems within some of the Anthologies I've purchased. One of these introduced me to Michael Ploof's, Whill of Agora Series, which kept me reading for weeks. Of course, I'll always enjoy one of Robert Jordan's new releases or a re-read of Elizabeth Peter's, Amelia Peabody Series. But it thrills my reading soul to find a new and interesting twist, such as Kel Kade's, King's Dark Tidings or Donna Augustine's, Karma Series.
When I first started reading this book I was a little confused as it didn’t follow on from the last one. That will teach me to read the synopsis before starting reading. All I saw was that this author had a new book out so I immediately purchased it, knowing it would be great. And it is. Once I worked out that it had gone back in time and was filling in a little history of one of the characters, I was able to submerge myself into it Like all other books in this series, it drags you in and won’t let you put it down. It’s a thoroughly enjoyable book containing a number of characters that I have grown to love.
If you have read any of this series already, you like love this one just as much. If you haven’t, I highly recommend you read them all.