Synopsis: Shadow Whisperer

Lord Lucius Sollux, the heir presumptive to a tainted throne. Miss Aila, the Sollux heiress no one knows exists, except her brother. Keiran, the reigning tyrant.

Goaded by an invitation--an order--to preside as guest of honor at the anniversary of Keiran's coronation, Lucius sets out to uncover the dark secrets of Caillte's past. He seeks out Silas, king of thieves and keeper of legends, and wrests from him the location of an entrance to the long-sealed catacombs under Hodron. Hidden behind a skull seal within the maze, Lord Sollux finds proof of the unthinkable.

Guided by blood memories and her own natural inclination to deadly magic, Aila works to translate a lost history--the dying words of a powerful sorceress--and silence the enemies who would reveal her family's own secrets.

Torn between the need for an heir and indignation at Lord Sollux's defiance, Keiran sets his personal guard, human and shade alike, to bring his cousin to face justice before Caillte's bone throne.

And standing in the shadows behind the throne, a dark councilor contemplates the king's demise.