Eclipse of the Crown A. K. Caggiano (2026)

Damien Maleficus Bloodthornes evil destiny has not gone according to plan, largely because of a certain noblewoman who has somehow worked her way into his softening heart. Now back among his peers at Yvlcon, the foremost gathering of the vilest and most unscrupulous villains, Damiens moral growth is under threat just as he is learning to be a little less evil. Lady Ammalie Avington, daughter of the Baron of Faebarrow, meanwhile finds her own virtue in peril when confronted with so much temptation, especially in the form of a domineering blood mage she cannot, or does not want to, refuse. Their burgeoning romance is interrupted when the Grand Order of Dread commands Damien to face once again the swirling vortex of entropy that has been pursuing them across the realm. The coming eclipse foretells devastation and destruction, and prophecy appears to make annihilation unavoidable. Yet the world is not due to end for another fortnight, surely leaving enough time to find a way around it, or at least to confess their devotion before it all ends.