Part of Series
A simple favor for a friend becomes a deadly challenge as Raven faces the highest stakes of his life. A young man stands accused of committing a horrible crime using forbidden dark magic. When reformed dark mage Corwyn Ravenscroft heads to the small, rural town of Devil's Crossing to launch an unofficial investigation, he soon discovers the simple case is more complex—and more dangerous—than he expected. Far from home, Raven is out of his element and out of his area of expertise, but that's the least of his worries as more deaths pile up and a mysterious ancient force returns to threaten all life on earth. To stop it, Raven might have to sacrifice more than his life.
Author
From earliest childhood, Shawna Reppert has had a passion for stories—for reading them and for writing them. She obtained a BA in English with a Writing Option from Penn State University and has participated in numerous writing workshops and seminars given by the likes of Charles de Lint, David Farland and Elizabeth Lyon. Two of her stories have won honorable mentions from Writers of the Future. Previous short stories sold to 10 Flash Quarterly and to Everyday Fiction can be read for free at their websites. Several 'indie' short stories are available for sale at Amazon, and her story 'The Beast Within' will appear in the second Gears and Levers anthology, edited by Phyllis Irene Radford. Her first novel is due out as a Carina Press e-book in the summer of 2013. In college, Shawna volunteered at a raptor rehabilitation center, which became valuable background for her short story The Sword and the Kestrel. Shawna has always had an affinity for wolves, and used to keep a wolf-dog hybrid as a pet. Her current four-footed children are a Lipizzan stallion and an orange-and-black cat named Samhain. She enjoys Irish social dancing and is an ardent supporter of live Irish music. Shawna also likes to play with the Society for Creative Anachronism and can sometimes be found in medieval garb on a caparisoned horse, throwing javelins into innocent hay bales that never did anything to her. A Pennsylvania native, she currently lives in the beautiful wine county of Oregon.
