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Raven Ellis

The Lament of Shadowglass

Lyra, the celebrated bard of Aethel, is lost. Not in body, but in soul, shattered across the fractured realities of the Mirrorlands.  Each shard of her being reflects a different life: Elara, the sun-kissed weaver of starlight; Lysandra, the emerald-scaled warrior; Lilith, the cunning spy whispering secrets in obsidian towers. These echoes of past lives are not just memories; they are a symphony of skills and the unsettling weight of unremembered sins, all coalescing around the legendary Shadowglass.
Driven by a haunting melody, Lyra embarks on a desperate quest to reunite the shards of this mythical artifact, each one a key unlocking a past life and its forgotten powers. But her pursuit draws the attention of those who covet the Shadowglass for their own ends.  Joseph Townsend, a spectral knight bound by an ancient oath, hunts her relentlessly, believing the artifact’s reunification will unravel the very fabric of existence.  Diana Nguyen, a sorceress whose power flows with the shifting realities, sees the Shadowglass as a tool to reshape the Mirrorlands in her own twisted image, turning Lyra’s cherished memories into nightmarish traps.
Amidst these dangers, a flicker of hope emerges in Ethan Cline, a scholar haunted by a forgotten connection to Lyra. He understands the Shadowglass's true nature — a prison for a power beyond comprehension — and warns her that some memories are best left undisturbed. But as Lyra delves deeper, each recovered shard reveals not only forgotten skills but also the darkness within her past lives.  The warrior’s ruthlessness, the spy’s betrayals: these revelations force Lyra to confront the fragmented labyrinth of her own soul.  Is she a hero, a villain, or something in between?
In the spectral ruins of Aethel, Lyra’s forgotten home, the symphony of her fractured selves clashes with the unwavering duty of the spectral knight and the manipulative ambition of the sorceress.  The Shadowglass pulsates with a dangerous energy, threatening to tear the Mirrorlands asunder.  Here, amidst the echoing silence, Lyra must make a choice: reclaim her full power and risk unleashing unimaginable destruction, or embrace the imperfect harmony of her fractured selves and forge a new path, a new melody, in the shattered symphony of existence. Can she find balance in the fragments, or will the lament of Shadowglass become the lullaby of a dying world?
219 printed pages
Original publication
2024
Publication year
2024
Publisher
PublishDrive
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