Quietus

by Kimber Grey

"It is an amusing coincidence, is it not, that both of our greatest ambitions rest upon the fates of the heirs of terrible tyrants?" ~Jessica Oaklanda, Architect of Sorcery BayThe High Kingdom of Faiden fell to a powerful dark lord. Eight hundred years later his reign continues unchallenged, yet hope is not lost. A series of events has been set in motion to end the era of darkness and bring about great change on the world of Midia.Rebellion stirs in the human territories, where a strange fae was left on the doorstep of General Greywolf. Kenneth grew up in a city where he was outcast, but he was shaped by the general and by tragedy into a fierce weapon of leadership.A new-born shadow master with the wings of a demon was abandoned at a human orphanage. Shunned and tormented by the other children, Ferremor somehow grew to be a peaceable and kind young man. Even he does not know the terrible heritage that awaits him.In the bleak Northern Mountains, an aging calbrin wizard woke from eight hundred years of mystical slumber. Charged with protecting the high princess, Safreous took the young girl deep into the wilds of Faiden. What he can't bring himself to tell the child could devastate her. Her own dear brother was the dark lord who slaughtered their parents.In hiding since the fall of the high kingdom, the Oracle orchestrated the placement and timing of all three children, though her motivations ever appear questionable. Is the dark lord as secure in his throne as he believes?"Quietus" is the first installment of the fantasy trilogy "Faiden Reborn".For more information about this title or author, please visit

232 pages, Paperback

First published September 26, 2009