Born with a deadly magic she cannot control, Kyara is forced to become an assassin. Known as the Poison Flame in the kingdom of Lagrimar, she is notorious and lethal, but secretly seeks freedom from both her untamed power and the blood spell that commands her. She is tasked with capturing the legendary rebel called the Shadowfox, but everything changes when she learns her target's true identity.
Darvyn ol-Tahlyro may be the most powerful Earthsinger in generations, but guilt over those he couldn't save tortures him daily. He isn't sure he can trust the mysterious young woman who claims to need his help, but when he discovers Kyara can unlock the secrets of his past, he can't stay away.
Kyara and Darvyn grapple with betrayal, old promises, and older prophecies - all while trying to stop a war. And when a new threat emerges, they must beat the odds to save both kingdoms.
This is the second book in this epic fantasy series, their is a novella between book one and two that in this case sheds even more light on the events that unfold as you read the books. This second book focuses on two new characters one we met in the first book Darvyn and the second is Kyara. Both have very different uses of Earthsong. They are two sides of a coin Kyara deadly magic is a poison to anyone she encounters when she wrapped up in the use of it. Hence her name the Poison Flame and she has no control over it and their are those who to seek to control it and her. Then you have Darvyn who has this amazing power but it riddled with the guilt that he can’t save everyone and has the name of the Shadowfox.
These two are an explosive path where the Poison Flame is to drown the Shadowfox at all cost. The author is a master of weaving this world so each book exposes you to more and more secrets that are hiding within the pages. Book two even though it focuses more on new characters and the world they are entrenched in.
The second book also does a great job of setting us up for the third book with just a tease at the end of this story of what is to come. I also like that if you not read the first book then you will not be lost in the second in fact you will want to go back and read the novella and the first novel just to get more story.
I think that this story will be hard to end in 3 books it be nice to get more maybe some more novellas just to give us a good grounding in the all these amazing characters. I thrilled with this series and if your a fan of books where each one is a new setting, new characters and more discoveries then this is the series for you.
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