The Shadow Rises

Stormfall, Book 2

By: Maelan Holladay

Narrated by: Bo Powell

Return to the sprawling fantasy saga that Kirkus Reviews called "an electric work of epic fantasy," where three powerful and morally gray women will either save their world—or bring it closer to destruction.

Power destroys power.

Separated from everyone and everything she knows, Rae Toma is once again lost to the Shatter. This time, however, the Compass has been claimed—and there is no hope of escape.

Now the bearer of Eriysha's Compass, Nur Del Sue returns to her islands—where old enemies await. Caught between the goddess's task and her desire for revenge, the Stormwitch soon realizes that she will need to place her trust in the very people who betrayed her.

Upon reaching the shores of Okaro, Alana Zaya finds a tangle of politics and deception left behind by her mother. Facing opposition from all sides and denied by her homeland, the Queen of Darkness is pushed to the breaking point.

Can these three women avert disaster yet again, or is their—and the universe's—luck running out?

©2025 Maelan Holladay (P)2025 Podium Audio

Story and narration well done

The movement of the story from characters in one location to characters in another was well done. The story was enticing and the narration was done in such a way that you could easily tell one character from another.