The Sword of Shadow's Bane (The Relics of Life Book 1)

Nearly half a century has passed since the High Queen of the Element-wielding elves of Allerus thwarted her mad sister’s attempt to cast the world into eternal darkness. She and her allies have lived all that time, certain that danger to their people had passed, but the Gods had other plans…

Since childhood, the High Queen’s eldest daughter, Rai’ana, has been plagued by the dark whispers of beings she knows only as the Voices - entities imprisoned within an ancient sword forged by a God, which her parents uncovered in their youth.

Rai’ana’s world becomes more chaotic still when she, her siblings, and three mysterious others are called by the Gods themselves to stand as Champions against an oncoming darkness, manifesting itself in the form of an army of dark sorcerers, demons, and undead warriors massing in the war-shattered Shadow-elf kingdom of Arlesius.

Commanded by the enigmatic Queen Arlesia, who claims to be the mortal incarnation of the goddess of Shadow and Death herself, the Darkness poses the greatest threat Allerus has seen since the dawn of the world.

But, sometimes, even greater dangers come from within…