<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>There is something in your mind some story you tell yourself. Like the first story the sword of light and shadow.'</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>In this riveting sequel to&nbsp;</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Sermon of Loss - WINNER&nbsp;</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>of the 2024 Storytrade Award for Fantasy - follow Eyri and Teros as they struggle to survive in Pen'dil Deyn. On the run from Zenn - and with no magic to protect them - they've taken to living in the mountains and hiding from the villages surrounding them.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Eyri works day and night at the docks to afford enough food while Teros starts to learn about the strange new kingdom they've found themselves in. However when Eyri sees a shipment of&nbsp;</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>serosine</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the forbidden metal she realizes the secrets she tried to uncover back home may have followed her.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Will she still be able to serve her crown without the mask or will she blow their cover and ruin the tiny lives they've tried to build? In&nbsp;</span><em style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>The Seed and the Star</em><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)> the only thing for certain is how little Eyri knows.</span></p><p></p><p></p>