Heir of the Shadow Guard

The Empire of Tenebris has no mercy for the weak.

Hidden beneath a false identity, Ayla has spent her life refusing the future chosen for her. To the world, she is just another recruit fighting to earn a place within the feared Shadow Guard, the empire's most lethal order of assassins.

As she endures brutal training, forges unlikely friendships, and learns to kill from the darkness, Ayla finally begins to believe she has found where she belongs.

But shadows have long memories.

When a devastating loss tears her world apart, vengeance becomes her only purpose. As enemies close in and secrets buried for generations begin to surface, Ayla is forced to question everything she has sworn to protect.

The cycle never ends. It only changes form.