Chosen by the Shadows

The Lord of the Dead is slain. But magic isn’t lost… They were called Visiya. These beings craved to destroy the entire human race. Yet the Lord Gorben is dead, and the magic of the Visiya is gone forever. Now, despite their immortality, they no longer threaten the world. Once, seers could read time—but now even that gift is lost. Eight hundred years later, the kingdoms of Elrago and Medeyus are given a chance for a truce. One king has a son, Erik; the other has a daughter, Joan. Their engagement could forever cement the alliance. However, little Joan disappears into the forest, where the queen of the Xanfat people—an Amazon named Arda—takes her under her protection. For sixteen years, the princess is raised by a warrior until she escapes. And that’s when Garret will meet her—descendant of the vanpools, the immortals capable of resurrecting Visiya magic. He will be the one to suspect that Joan is not really who she has believed herself to be since childhood…