The Burning Wake

Princess Malini has traveled to the capital of the Kingdom of Andhera, the famed city of Crescent Peaks, as part of a diplomatic mission for her father, Emperor Sikander. But, soon she is intrigued by the mysterious writings of a scribe who has gone missing, yet pieces of his work are appearing across the city. They describe events, actions, and even thoughts in Malini’s life with an unnerving accuracy. The mystery leads Malini down an ever-deepening rabbit hole, where truth and lies, fact and fiction are blurred, and the path leads to an enigmatic stranger, who claims to know her more than she knows herself.Priya finds herself on a strange, distant shore in a strange, unfamiliar kingdom. Bereft of most of her yaksa-derived power, she must battle strange enemies and foes with dark power of their own. Her only ally is a strange ball of light, giving her the tools and knowledge to battle against the threats from the shadows. But the biggest threat is the enemy within her: the sleeping yaksa Mari Ara, threatening to wake-up and consume Priya once and for all. Priya has only one chance of preventing that from happening: find Malini, before time runs out.

The prologue and Chapter 1 are together under the Chapter 1 entry