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A Heart of Pain


A Fantasy Novel


Book 3 of the What Darkness Hides Series


Subgenres & Tropes:

  • Dark Fantasy,
  • Quest Fantasy,
  • Survival Fantasy,
  • Family
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This book is for you if you're into...

  • Fantasy quests where ending magic could save or doom everyone
  • Characters haunted by the souls of the dead
  • Relentless pursuit by a grief-stricken general in a ruined city
Publisher Description

The heart beats with the pain of the dead!

Darkfall has ended. The city of Hamiocho lies bare, exposed to the sunlight and the world. The mad spirits who have terrorized the survivors are free to slay all the living. The hubris of the runic mages have doomed everyone.

Unless Amiollea, Maej, and Zhee do the unthinkable. Destroy the Runic Heart and end magic.

Amiollea will not let her brother's soul spend an eternity in torment to feed the power of the runes. Maej must destroy the foundation of his people's society. He will condemn them to fall. To save the world, he must be cursed by his people.

Hope grows as the three survivors set out on their quest.

But a madman pursues them. A general who has spent seven years struggling to enter the city and find his wife and son. What he discovers in the blighted city destroys his sanity. Someone has to pay, and Amiollea, Maej, and Zhee survived.

He will hunt them down to the end of the world.

You have to read this dark and exciting story of family in the bleakest of straits. Download now to embark on the adventure of a lifetime!

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