True King

Auntica and Orinth, two neighboring nations, are on the edge of open conflict, and the wider world is bracing for war. Yet another fight is underway: the Shadow Wall, the boundary that keeps the human realm apart from a realm of darkness, must be held in place. Humanity's survival depends on a small handful of people.

Alida Goulding's travels stop short when someone she trusted turns against her. She is taken into the Wilds as a captive of her enemies and must find a way out while being carried steadily closer to the Shadow Wall, and to her own death.

Sawny Lois has recently learned unsettling truths about her own identity, and she has also worked out the mystery in front of her. Adriel, a warrior from the Wilds, hires her to hunt down the person who killed his brother, and she already knows who that is and where to find them. Together they set out amid a war that keeps growing, heading for a man said to command dark and sinister powers.