Blades of Ardenia

Complete Trilogy

He thought it was just another job. She turned out to be his destiny.

Malthus Vane, a grizzled mercenary haunted by his past, takes what seems like easy coin: escort a defiant young girl across the blighted Dusklands to Dunmire. But fourteen-year-old Elysia carries more than a mysterious birthmark—she’s the last heir of a lost house, the key to an ancient prophecy, and the target of fanatics who will stop at nothing to claim her power.

As they flee through haunted forests, cursed ruins, and shadowed realms, Elysia’s forbidden gifts awaken—veilsight, shadow-magic, and the ability to speak with the dead. Together with an unlikely band of allies, she and Malthus must face vengeful cults, spectral horrors, and a treacherous aunt who plans to tear the world apart during the Conjunction.

To save her world, she must embrace what she is. To protect her, Malthus must become more than the man he was. And together, they just might forge a new fate under the twin moons.