For generations, brave warriors known as Adanists have fought to hold back a rising tide of mysterious invaders and shadowy monsters. Despite their heroic efforts, they are losing.

But the night is always darkest before the dawn, and a new generation rises to fight the endless battle.

Elian and Samora are siblings, adanists born and raised in a village that has rarely known the bitter taste of war. When they encounter an unfathomable weapon not far from their village, they’re forced to leave the comforting embrace of home to seek answers from the wandering clans of warriors that protect their land.

Righteous anger…or mindless rage?

Marla Shrike is not happy. In fact, you might say she’s overwhelmed with anger. Or just plain pissed off.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

A wise king keeps his friends close and his enemies closer, even if one is his younger brother. When a valuable heiress disappears from Kingfountain in the middle of the night, King Eredur summons the poisoner Ankarette to bring her back alive at all costs. Both of his younger brothers want her—one to control her fortune and the other for love.

To go back, he must go forward…

Sam Sharp has never been what people would call sociable. Affected profoundly by his father’s death when Sam was very young, he developed into a solitary and self-sufficient person. When he finds himself transported to Gythe, a world that is completely different from his home, yet strangely familiar, he is forced to seek help. Sam’s nature wars with his need to rely on the strangers he meets—a warrior, a scholar, a monk, and a telepathic creature—to help him find a way back to his own world.

Aila Ven has always been strong. Monsters from another world threaten life itself, but she knows her power will see her through. With her magical weapons, finely honed skills, and friends by her side—she has nothing to fear.

Or so she thought.

After their recent predicaments in Arania, Aila, Tere, and Lily are finally heading to the Great Enclave. To speak with the king.

Aila hasn’t set foot in the Clavian capital city for years, afraid of her secret being revealed. What will happen when her friends find out what she’s been hiding?

A fledgling government in threat of extinction. Three artifacts of power hold the key to safety, or to doom. A powerful energy user who will stop at nothing to rule over all.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

Before she befriended a frightened young boy in the palace of Kingfountain, Ankarette Tryneowy grew up during the shattering civil war that raged between members of the Argentine family. This is the story of how the only daughter of a lawyer and a midwife became the famed Queen’s Poisoner.

The master revealed…the end in sight.

Ayim Rasaad is dead, the threat apparently ended. After all the battles, all the death, all the heartache, Sam and the other heroes of Gythe thought they had finally won.

They were wrong.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

Sent on an impossible mission by Kingfountain’s ruler into the heart of the enemy’s capital as two mighty kingdoms prepare for war, Ankarette Tryneowy must divine the location of a magical sword, perhaps their key to victory. What she finds is the truth—one she could never have foreseen.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

True loyalty is revealed in difficult times. When trouble comes again to the court at Kingfountain it is trumpeted by Eredur’s defeated foe, Lord Devereaux. He was the ally of Queen Morvared who nearly vanquished Eredur at the fog-choked battle of Borehamwood. Now he has seized the fortress of Averanche and plans to hold it at all hazards and unite disaffected countrymen under his battle flag.

From Wall Street Journal bestselling author Jeff Wheeler...

Ankarette Tryneowy is now the best poisoner in all the lands. Feared by enemies abroad and even those in her own kingdom, she has risen to the pinnacles of power and influence at the court in Kingfountain.

The heroic spirit burns hottest when all hope is lost.

Still reeling from the losses suffered defending the gathering ground from the Debru, Elian reluctantly assumes the mantle of leadership from his friend and mentor. He knows now the true power of his enemy, and knows, too, that humanity lacks the strength to fight back. The other elders, aware of their impending doom, begin to unravel the frayed threads of alliance that have held the wandering clans together.