As the Shadow Rises

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As the Shadow Rises is the spectacular second novel in Katy Rose Pool's Age of Darkness trilogy - a YA fantasy blockbuster packed with magic, prophecy and adventure.

Katy Rose Pool 's showstopping fantasy debut There Will Come a Darkness began an epic tale of thrilling magic, ancient prophecy and five lives who could stop the approaching Age of Darkness - or unleash it.

Now the adventure continues in As the Shadow Rises, as the forces of light and darkness collide - and the end of the world begins.

Praise for There Will Come a Darkness

'Katy Rose Pool is a writer to watch' Sebastien De Castell

'A can't-miss debut from an exciting new talent' Kiersten White

'Unforgettable . . . feels both utterly original and like the best of classic fantasy' Tasha Suri

'Katy Rose Pool combines lovable characters, a gorgeously tangible world and an intricate puzzle-box plot to create a story that will pull you inexorably toward the explosive end' Sarah Holland

Critics Review

Katy Rose Pool is a writer to watch

Sebastien de Castell, author of TRAITOR'S BLADE

This epic fantasy novel revels in rich worldbuilding [and] deftly plays with genre expectations . . . A well-crafted, surprising, and gripping start to a new trilogy

KIRKUS on THERE WILL COME A DARKNESS

A beautiful woven fantasy of prophecy, intrigue and unforgettable characters . . . feels both utterly original and like the best of classic fantasy

Tasha Suri on THERE WILL COME A DARKNESS

Katy Rose Pool combines lovable characters, a gorgeously tangible world and an intricate puzzle-box plot to create a story that will pull you inexorably toward the explosive end

Sarah Holland, NEW YORK TIMES bestselling author on THERE WILL COME A DARKNESS

Adventurous relic-hunting, mind-blowing twists, budding love and terrible betrayals feature in this multiple-narrator, character-driven study of power, agency, and identity and the ways these are affected by the interwoven threads of both history and legend

KIRKUS (starred review)

Katy Rose Pool’s plot is always seven steps ahead of you. You’ll want to catch up as quickly as possible

Refinery 29

Pool accomplishes a masterful balance of exposition, action, and characterisation . . . full of genuinely surprising and interesting twists that will have readers anxious to get to the last page

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