Promise of Night Series:
When confronted with the chance to use her forbidden magic to fight for the people who have protected her, Patricia Valtos becomes more than the monster created by abuse and oppression, more than the victim of circumstance, and more than anyone could have imagined. Follow her journey of fear and heartbreak, watch her rise and fall; feel the weight of her silence and the power of one voice.
Book I:
A House of Snakes and Emeralds
It was as if Calliope, the Goddess of chaos and love who wove the tapestries of fate thought it would be funny to ensure my ruination came on the heels of something so innocuous. I underestimated her cruelty, but she overestimated her power.
In a realm where monstrous creatures roam beneath a veil of night and the goddess of Life and Afterlife reigns with an iron will, obedience is demanded above all else — and betrayal comes at a devastating cost.
Patricia Valtos-Etria, a young woman born into a lineage marked by secrets and power, has spent eighteen years hiding her true self beneath the guise of an animal empath, training silently to survive a world that hunts witches like her.
The Origin of Magic:
The realm between the Above and Below was once inhabited solely by Humans. Then, Xerxies, Goddess of Order, Balance, and Power appeared. When she left her physical form, Xerxies created the stars for her daughter, Calliope, Goddess of Fate, Chaos, and Love, to record legends and divine futures.
Did she foresee what would come of her first-born daughter, Lilith, Goddess of Life and Afterlife, First Witch of the World, and Guardian of the Void?
If so, Calliope failed to keep her daughter safe.
If not, she failed to look hard enough.
Ten thousand or so years later, the middle daughter of mixed bloodlines manifested a Witch-gift long thought to be extinct—the ability to communicate with animals. Patricia’s rare and secret power kept her afraid.
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Until one fated autumn, when an ancient tale, one promised by the stars created by Xerxies and controlled by Calliope, began...