She fears she’s apprenticed to a monster. But one way or another, this young witch won’t let the world fall into darkness.
Kate Finch's problems have officially outgrown her ability to solve them quietly. The new governor wants her gone, her mentor's showing signs of demonic possession, and the barriers between worlds are crumbling. (And you thought YOUR week was going badly...)
In that moment, I missed my master fiercely. I wished he could share the sight of a thousand strange stars. Driven as he was, unconcerned with the niceties of social intercourse, dismissive of the tiny dreams of most of humanity—well, his heart ran deeper than even he admitted to. Such a sight would have surely given him a moment of awe.
I tore my gaze away from the numinous heavens, focusing instead on the stairs ahead of us and the darkness of the demonmere beyond, ready to face anything to save my master.
— The Halls of Midnight
THE STORY:
Kate Finch has always excelled at managing impossible situations. But when your magical secrets are about to become public knowledge, your mentor might be possessed by demons, and the entire province is teetering on the edge of supernatural catastrophe... well, even a genius needs more than clever solutions.
The problems keep multiplying: rifts between worlds are destabilizing, witch-seals are failing across Salem, and the new governor seems personally committed to destroying everything Kate's built. Her brilliant mind is racing through scenarios, but for once, she can't see a way to win this game. Every calculation leads to loss - it's just a question of what she'll have to sacrifice.
Now she's facing the hardest equation of her life: what do you do when the man who saved you, taught you, and believed in you might be the monster you have to stop? Kate's always managed to rewrite the rules when backed into a corner, but this time the consequences are unthinkable. Forsake everything she loves, or betray the mentor who gave her a second chance at life?
The rifts are widening, demons are gathering, and Kate's running out of time to decide. But maybe that's fitting - after all, she's never needed much time to change the rules of the game entirely.
(Warning: This historical fantasy contains impossible choices, mathematical approaches to preventing apocalypses, one very determined witch, and proof that sometimes the bravest thing you can do is admit your hero might be wrong. Also demons, but at this point, they're practically family.)
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