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A week has passed since the Empire was nearly destroyed by the dark god Xanos. Now the leader of the most powerful government in the world, Kalibar must protect his people against Xanos's undead army. But when an assassin nearly succeeds in murdering Kalibar, he realizes that the Empire stands little chance against Xanos's enormous power.

Runic Awakening is the first book in the Runic series, a contemporary epic fantasy series set in the world of Doma, where magical engineers called Runics rule the land. They are equaled in power only by Weavers, men and women that can manipulate the very fabric of the universe with their wills.

Having barely survived the dark god Xanos's devastating attack on the Empire, Grand Weaver Kalibar knows all too well that another assault is coming...and that this time, the Empire will not survive. Now he is forced to make a terrible decision...does he surrender to Xanos, enslaving his people to the will of the dark god? Or will he fight one last time, risking the annihilation of his people...and the death of his children?

Bella was sixteen when she discovered the truth: For the last decade, she’d been lost in a book. Literally. For the world she’d known her whole life was a fiction, everyone she’d ever known merely a character created by the magic of a powerful Writer. Bella discovers that she’d been sent into the book’s world by her late mother to escape the clutches of a murderous villain known as the Collector, the man who murdered Bella’s mother...and will stop at nothing to destroy her. Now Bella must learn the art of painting to fight back against the Collector.

Safe within the magical kingdom of Havenwood, Bella Birch studies in earnest to become a Necromancer. For her final exam is only a few years away, and she is determined to be ready for it. But when General Craven, an invincible living statue, is sent by the queen of the Pentad to arrest Gideon for painting without a license, Bella can only watch as Gideon is captured...and brought to the capitol of the Pentad to stand trial for his crimes. Now Bella must gather her friends and travel to the capitol to save Gideon from the most powerful kingdom in the world.

The magical kingdom of Havenwood is everything a girl could want...except a girl like Bella. While everyone else there loves painting dragons, fairies, pixies, and other such creatures of light, and bringing those paintings to life, Bella finds herself drawn to the darkness. To death and rot and the undead. Her best friend is an undead dragon called Nemesis, after all. She just doesn’t fit in...and she knows it. So when Gideon offers to take Bella to a faraway city to meet Petrusa, the Queen of the Dead, Bella jumps at the opportunity.