Daughter of the Dark: A Crystal God Prequel Novella

The Darkspore spreads, and so do the Sporelands, reaching and grasping their way across the land. It is a dangerous and malevolent force, a large-scale threat to the known and natural world.To the people who walk in light, that is.To Dexa, who is attuned to the darkness, the Darkspore is life itself, paving a path of peace and prosperity for all.But her beliefs are about to be challenged.On a dark and bitter night, Dexa searches for shelter, both from the winter cold and from her enemies. She bursts into a log cabin on the outer fringes of the frontier and comes face-to-face with a tall, rugged, peculiar man she's never seen before, but who knows her name, and her origins, and even her future.Dexa sees herself as a reluctant warrior, a defender of the forest and a champion of peace.But to Mathian, she is an Arbiter of Judgment: a dark and terrible empress who will one day flood the land with the blood of her enemies.Thus begins a new war: not against Dexa's enemies, but against the future itself.Is she fated to be an instrument of war and death, rather than peace? Or can she defy fate itself to forge a new path?Daughter of the Dark is a tale of violence, romance, and destiny. Darkness falls, but there are glimmers of hope to be discerned in the shrouded dusk of doom.Part of the Crystal God Saga: where the Old Gods are stirring, the New Gods are rising, and the heroes wage war against destiny itself.