A.T. Rainach, Author

Professional barrel racer Glorie just wants a quiet life after her father’s imprisonment and the tragic loss of her horse. But when an ancient elemental being thrusts her into the war-torn world of Aetheris, she’s suddenly being hunted by creatures of Darkness. Barely surviving her first attack by escaping on a legendary winged horse made of lightning, Glorie struggles to navigate this new world, and when a pack of gruesome, dark monsters back her into a corner, she’s saved by a mysterious stranger—who is none other than Soren, the deadly Shadow Blood heir.

Soren is resigned to his fate: a slow struggle against the Darkness possessing his mind. When he unexpectedly saves a strange woman bound to the winged horse he’d been hunting, he discovers she might be the one person who could threaten his future rule. Now, his orders are clear: uncover her secrets before she can challenge his power. But the more time he spends with her the harder it becomes to obey, because she’s the only person to believe he can be more than his burden. And for the first time, he begins to believe the same.

As Soren’s Ascension looms, political upheaval strains his and Glorie’s delicate connection, turning them into pawns in a war neither wants. With little time remaining, they risk their lives to defy the Darkness. But if they fail, Soren will become its weapon enslaving their world—and Glorie will be his first victim.