The Valley of Lies (Lightkeepers Trilogy Book 1)

The Elves Lost Their Magic.
The Princess is a Dragon.
The Halfling is a Shifter.
And Witches Rule the Realm...

Liss has spent her life trapped in Cradelow Valley, dreading a bleak future of rigid structure and forced Engagements. The Darkbane elves lost their magic—and possibly their minds—long ago, in the time Before. But Liss still believes in magic and the outside world. So when the Council announces a dangerous decree at her Sixteenth ceremony, she curses clocks and determines to find a way out. A way to freedom and, hopefully, more. If her best friend doesn’t try to stop her.

Goddess, why is Dev always so careful? It’s exhausting.

If only there were someone out there she could trust...

Meanwhile, beyond the confines of the valley, Zan the changeling is a decade into scheming ways to rescue his half-sister from the witches who kidnapped her and stole her magic—powerful, crystal-based magic of the Yansu dragon-elves.

Ayer was the Yansu crown princess, which makes Zan...

It doesn’t matter. There are rumors of curses breaking and Darkbane elves returning to reclaim their realm. If that’s true, then his moment might finally have arrived.

Just imagine, the Darkbane elves and dragons united against the witches...

The fallout would be epic.

Get spooky year-round with this nostalgic and whimsically wicked, multi-POV YA Epic Fantasy. For fans of immersive worlds like Jim Henson's The Dark Crystal: Age of Resistance and fantastical, folkloric slow-burns like Uprooted by Naomi Novik.