Any day that starts with dragon arguments is going to be bad
Kaylin returned from the West March in one piece. Now that piece is fraying. Sheâs not at home in the Imperial Palaceâand she never intends to be. All she wants is normal garden-variety criminals and a place of her own. Of course, normal in her new life involves a dragon as a roommate, but she can handle that.
She canât as easily handle the new residents to the city she polices, because one of them is Nightshadeâs younger brother. On a night when she should be talking to landlords in perfectly normal buildings, sheâs called to the fiefâby Teela. A small family disagreement has become a large, complicated problem: Castle Nightshadeâs latent magic is waking.
And itâs not the only thing.
Praise for New York Times bestselling author MICHELLE SAGARA and The Chronicles of Elantra series
âNo one provides an emotional payoff like Michelle Sagara.â
âBestselling author Tanya Huff on The Chronicles of Elantra series
âIntense, fast-paced, intriguing, compelling and hard to put downâ¦unforgettable.â
âIn the Library Reviews on Cast in Shadow
âReaders will embrace this compelling, strong-willed heroine with her often sarcastic voice.â
âPublishers Weekly on Cast in Courtlight
âThe impressively detailed setting and the bookâs spirited heroine are sure to charm romance readers, as well as fantasy fans who like some mystery with their magic.â
âPublishers Weekly on Cast in Secret
âAlong with the exquisitely detailed world building, Sagaraâs character development is mesmerizing. She expertly breathes life into a stubborn yet evolving heroine. A true master of her craft!â
âRT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Cast in Fury
âEach visit to this amazing world, with its richness of place and character, is one to relish.â
âRT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Cast in Silence
âAnother satisfying addition to an already vivid and entertaining fantasy series.â
âPublishers Weekly on Cast in Chaos
âIf you are searching for a rich and rewarding fantasy read different from the usual fantasy fare, then you canât go wrong with Cast in Ruin and The Chonicles of Elantra series. Heartily recommended.â
âSciFiGuy.ca on Cast in Ruin
âSagara does an amazing job continuing to flesh out her large cast of characters, but keeps the unsinkable Kaylin at the center.â
âRT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Cast in Peril
âÃber-awesome Sagara picks up the intense action right where she left offâ¦while Kaylin is the heart of this amazing series, the terrific characters keep the story moving. An autobuy for sure!â
âRT Book Reviews (4 ½ stars) on Cast in Sorrow
The Chronicles of Elantra
by New York Times bestselling author Michelle Sagara
CAST IN SHADOW
CAST IN COURTLIGHT CAST IN SECRET CAST IN FURY CAST IN SILENCE CAST IN CHAOS CAST IN RUIN CAST IN PERIL CAST IN SORROW
And âCast in Moonlightâ found in HARVEST MOON, an anthology with Mercedes Lackey and Cameron Haley
This year, Worldbuilders (www.worldbuilders.org), Patrick Rothfussâs charity drive for Heifer International (www.heifer.org), gave me an opportunity to contribute something to their series of auctions. I wanted to do this, in part because I like the charity, and in part because the money is used to make the world a better place.
But my contribution wasâ¦a manuscript for a book. This one. And in order for that contribution to have any value to the charity, someone was required to step up and bid on and win the auction. I was prepared to thank that person in the dedication to the bookâor to thank anyone the bidder chose. I still want to thank Chad for his enormous generosity.
Chad, however, bid on and bought the book as a gift for someone else, and he has a few words he wants to say:
To that special someone in my life who shall remain anonymous. Mainly because I would not likely be among the living if her true name was mentioned.
There are so many things about you that I love, like your stunning smile and laugh, which I never get tired of finding ways of bringing out. The unconditional honesty you are willing to give or how you sneeze when the sunlight kisses your face. And the phrase âOh Dearâ will be forever special to me.
Life offers many challenges, but I have never stopped loving you, always have, always will.
CHAPTER ONE
On the second day after her return to Elantra, the city she policed as a groundhawk, Private Kaylin Neya fell out of bed, daggers in hands, knees bent. After one confused moment, she sheathed her daggers, took a brief look around the otherwise empty royal guest chambers that served as her temporary home, and let loose a volley of Leontine curses.