Queen of the Fallen: Book One of the Iorien Saga

Old wisdom won't stick to young bones; a lesson the sorceress Avonelle learned too late. Against her warnings, Avonelle's disciples, the Iorien, glutted themselves on the age-burning magic, growing both younger with each spell and more perverse in their appetites. Now, the queen that kept peace for three millennia has fallen, and the Iorien are nigh unstoppable.

But a world-shaping magic, crafted in Avonelle's last desperate moments, has been unleashed and two unlikely heroes are swept up in its passing.

Ellie, cursed with a demonic disease that drives her to slaughter any searching for a cure, holds a secret that could take back what the Iorien usurped. Jaedis, born with illegal magic, tampers with the life force of the world, a craft even the Iorien covet. Avonelle's fallen disciples hunt, and both women will be forced to confront difficult choices, choices that might lead to redemption or damnation. And all the while a foe even darker than the corrupt Iorien stirs from its ancient slumber.