In the captivating sequel to * The Darkening, Vesper and Dalca face their fiercest battle yet to save their besieged city from the Great King and his ominous army.*

In the captivating sequel to * The Darkening, Vesper and Dalca face their fiercest battle yet to save their besieged city from the Great King and his ominous army.*

Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city. But when she awakens after three years as a vessel of The Great Queen, she finds her home beset by sinister forces - and herself revered as a goddess.

The Great King and his army of lightstruck - once regular citizens who are now controlled by an ominous light - have besieged the city. And as she fights to rescue them, a chasm is growing between her and Dalca, the prince she swore never to love.

To save her city again, Vesper will have to face the power most outside her control - the goddess within.