The Risen Queen

<p><strong>Everyone thinks Derek is grief stricken. Stuck in the past. But he ignores them all.</strong></p><p>Willow Creek is gone. Cody has a job-and a chip on his shoulder. Mia has secluded herself in China. The world has spent the past five years moving on.</p><p>Derek won't.</p><p>He can feel Blair's emotions. She's not dead despite what everyone says. He refuses to give up on her even if Niran is growing more powerful every day. Derek has spent the last five years buried in research to find her. And when he does all hell breaks loose.</p><p>In the Realm of Death Derek fights to find Blair as Niran becomes more real.</p><p>Outside Cody is handed a list of vague tasks to complete if he ever wants to see his friends again.</p><p>On the other side of the world Mia meets a woman who forces her to confront her traumas.</p><p>And meanwhile in the middle of nowhere Blair awakens.</p><p>Despite their destroyed relationships the four friends must work together to stop the spiraling war. If they ever want to find peace they need to fight their demons and learn where they fit into the plot that Death has created. Or maybe it's time to burn his plans to the ground.</p>