A Wild Heritance prequel novella from a time before Duplicity of Power. An impossible theft, a dangerous duel, and a scheme that could too easily fail… all for a place among the Shadowers, guild of rogues… Just shy of her eighteenth year, Namid has been preparing for this moment for two years. Her chance to become a Shadower! Before she can take her place in this select guild of rogues in Rhadanthus, city of thieves and thugs, she faces her Trial: a demanding ordeal designed to test the limits of her skills with weapons and thievery. All Namid must do is overcome this final test – survive and succeed at it – to earn acceptance within the Shadowers as one of their own. With challenges facing her both in the city and from within the guild itself, Namid is determined that nothing will keep her from her goal. She only hopes that she’s not outmatched…

Book Bloggers Novel of the Year 2021 SEMI-FINALIST An improbable partnership of noble and rogue, an unlikely quest - key to the fate of the Six Realms, power struggles and the machinations of gods, and a legendary artifact of Power... and Namid doesn't even believe in quests. Or fate. Not always a Shadower, Namid is now one of the leaders of this select group, this guild of rogues in the decrepit city of Rhadanthus. Here she has found a refuge from darker times. Rescuing a stranger is not usually part of her nightly haul. Her decision to help the wounded man sparks a series of events that upends her hard-won haven and sends her fleeing for her life. Another's quest snags Namid and casts her across the Six Realms of the Monarch and beyond, entangling her and others in power struggles, the machinations of gods, and the dangers of a past thought left behind. What at first seemed a fool's errand to restore a legendary artifact of Power becomes a gambit for the fate of the Six Realms. Yet Namid doesn't believe in fate!

\ Readers' Favorite 5-Star Seal \ A devastated city, a mystical attack, a lost brother, unthinkable threats to the monarchy and heir, secrets exposed and a looming battle between gods... And Namid's command of her magic is fracturing. An autumn of peril and heartache behind her, Namid turns to helping the Shadowers rebuild in the city of Rhadanthus. But after escaping a mystical attack, Namid resolves to find her one remaining brother before disaster engulfs him too. Namid’s search leads her back to her childhood home and to lands beyond, to the far reaches of the Six Realms of the Monarch. An old foe reappears with designs to embroil her in unthinkable plots that could tear the monarchy apart. Secrets long kept by the gods begin to slip out and a battle between gods looms. Namid challenges the gods’ interference in affairs in the Six Realms, at the same time confronting threats to the very life of the heir to the monarchy. But she cannot count on her magic, as her command of it begins to fracture.

(The conclusion of the Wild Power story arc within the Wild Heritance series.) Malignant magic growing ever more dangerous, troubling secrets hidden in an ancient book, desperate schemes and multifarious intrigues... Even one could prove deadly for Namid, and they’re all closing in on her. Hunted because of her magic, Namid flees the capital of the Six Realms ahead of the relentless vindictiveness of the gods. But a perilous leadership struggle among the clans to the north disrupts her plans to remain hidden. Intrigues in which she cannot always tell friend from foe haunt Namid’s steps. A desperate gambit to restore a devastated city threatens to engulf her while she seeks the means to thwart her hunters. With a book of secrets holding hints from the distant past, and desperate to find a solution to the unwanted Power twisting her own magic, Namid wonders which will prove deadlier… the insidious intrigues or the malignant, tangled magic.