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The crown has risen.

And it wears a face once loved.

Auren is gone—consumed by shadow, crowned in ruin, and reborn as the Shadow King. Where a boy once stood, something colder now watches the world burn.

As war gathers across the Illyndor, Silverwood prepares to stand alone.

Eldryn has seen what is coming. In fire and vision, he has glimpsed the fate waiting at the end of this path—and it carries a name he once called family. Still only a child, yet bearing truths no child should carry, he must learn what it means to stand when love and duty demand opposite things.

Thalorin faces the weight of blood and legacy as the sins of kings resurface, alliances fracture, and the past claws its way into the present. Old heroes are tested. New ones are forged in grief and fire.

From the haunted plains of the Tharn Vaal to the fortified walls of Highfield, the world bleeds. Monsters walk wearing human faces. Knights fall. Faith is burned away until only choice remains.

Because this war will not be won by prophecy or power alone.

It will be decided by who is willing to carry the pain—and who is willing to become the monster to end it.

The echo has begun.

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The explosive third volume of The Chronicles of the Aethlum.

Auren’s Bane releases May 1st, 2026. This is a PRE-ORDER. Ships May 2026. Your card will be charged immediately.