Gabriela Romero Lacruz

In a lush world inspired by the history and folklore of South America, a sweeping epic fantasy of colonialism, ancient magic, and two young women's quest for belonging unfolds. Reina is desperate. Stuck living on the edges of society, her only salvation lies in an invitation from a grandmother she’s never known. But the journey is dangerous, and prayer can’t always avert disaster. Attacked by creatures that stalk the region, Reina is on the verge of death until her grandmother, a dark sorceress, intervenes. Now dependent on the Doña’s magic for her life, Reina will do anything to earn—and keep—her favor. Even the bidding of an ancient god who whispers to her at night. Eva Kesare is unwanted. Illegitimate and of mixed heritage, Eva is her family’s shame. She tries her best to be perfect and to hide her oddities. But Eva is hiding a secret: magic calls to her. Eva knows she should fight the temptation. Magic is the sign of the dark god, and using it is punishable by death. Yet, it’s hard to deny power when it has always been denied to you. Eva is walking a dangerous path, one that gets stranger every day. And, in the end, she’ll become something she never imagined.

Sequel to the #1 Sunday Times bestselling novel, The Sun and the Void. THE GODS ARE RETURNING As they emerge from the ruins of Rahmagut’s tomb, Reina and Eva are now hosts to ruthless, ancient entities: The gods of the sun and the Void. In the service of the Liberator, Reina wants to rebuild a new life with Maior. But Enrique’s forces loom on the horizon, seeking reparations for the attempt against Celeste’s life and to give eternal rest to the soul of his late wife Laurel. As Maior is still haunted by Laurel’s soul, her life is threatened, risking the fleeting happiness Reina and Maior managed to attain in their new, idyllic island life. Eva seeks to measure up to being the Liberator’s heir, all the while fighting Rahmagut’s influence as it bursts through the seams. Imprisoned and isolated for his role at Rahmagut’s tomb, Javier is on the verge of losing his identity and turning into a tiniebla. Eva knows she must free him or else she will lose him completely, but relations between her husband and her allies are precarious. Then, as an inexplicable uprising of tinieblas razes through Venazia and Fedria, Reina and Eva are forced to band together with their newfound strength to quell the darkness threatening their land, all the while leashing the antagonistic gods they house, who may be using their divine influence to orchestrate a plot of their own design…