Travel awhile and secrets uncover. Journey too long and death you’ll discover.

Three years into her training at the College of Knightsages, Princess Alelle ranks top of her class in spellcasting and the arts of war. But a trickster's curse keeps her wings bound, a critical failing for an aspiring warrior of the skies. With a deadly Trial by Warfare looming, her chances of apprenticeship—and avoiding shameful expulsion—are slim.

Yet, a far greater shadow is falling across Xil. An insidious famine creeps through the waters, poisoning lakes and rivers. Alelle’s aquatic friends face starvation, and the blight threatens to strangle the entire world.

Desperate for answers, Alelle uncovers an ancient map—the key to a legendary relic called the Shadow Sojourner, which promises to lay all secrets bare. With no other options to save her friends and her future, Alelle must choose whether or not to pay the heavy toll demanded by the artifact. Can a mere apprentice hope to control its ancient hunger before it consumes her and everything she fights to protect?

Dive into a complete character-driven trilogy perfect for fans of an immersive new world that starts with deep worldbuilding and flawed heroes, accelerates to fast action, then rises to world-shattering stakes. Packed with breathtaking swordplay, intricate elemental magic, capricious deities, and a touch of clean romance, you'll be riveted by Alelle's desperate fight for Xil.