The Defiant and The Damned, A Grimdark Romantasy

The following blurb contains spoilers for The Forgotten and the Feared.Amalia Roth is dead.She died alongside the Crimson Queen in the arena two years ago. Donning her Gray Wytch persona, Amalia and the Dragon Ryu have spent the past year hunting down the Fae who wronged her. All the while, Amalia struggles not to crumble under the weight of grief.Across the Midheym Sea on the isle of Elysium, Dyana grapples with her newfound magyk under the guidance of the ancient dragon, Vesimyr. She quickly learns that Elysium isn't paradise - it's a prison. Trapped under the claws of the Dragon Regent, she cannot leave. But Dyana knows Amalia is alive and will stop at nothing to get back to her sister - even if it means taking on the Regent alone.The rebel Mirielle has lost everything. Her life's goal was to take down the High Council, but doing so only made things worse. Lost and alone, Mirielle begins plotting a way back home, regardless of the risk.With the High Council gone, the Archmage has risen. Storms shake the continent as the situation grows more dangerous by the day. Ur Daoine lies on the brink of civil war. In secret, the heretic Prince Nyall Drayven leads the growing rebellion. After Nyall convinces Amalia to join him at the front, a divide within the rebel factions, and his carefully built control begins to crumble.When one of the rebels' carefully planned missions goes wrong, a familiar face steals Ryu and reveals a truth that will change everything; someone from Amalia's past is alive.FROM ASHES AND PAIN, AMALIA ASTEROTH HAS RISEN.Return to a world full of romance, rage, rebellion...and Dragons, in the stunning sequel to EC Garrett's debut novel, The Forgotten and The Feared.