The Lightstruck: The action-packed, gripping sequel to The Darkening Mara Sunya (2023)

Vesper and Dalca face their fiercest battle yet in the epic conclusion to The Darkening. Vesper Vale sacrificed everything to save her city from the cursed storm, but when she awakens after three years of slumber as a vessel of The Great Queen, she finds her home besieged by sinister forces. The Great King and his army of lightstruckonce ordinary citizens, now controlled by an ominous lighthave laid siege to the city. The people look to Vesper, now revered as a goddess after her sacrifice, as their only hope. As she fights to rescue them, Vesper faces a growing rift between herself and Dalca, the prince she swore never to love. Haunted by guilt over their choices and pressured by a city on the verge of ruin, Vesper and Dalca find themselves torn between the factions within the city and the royal court. To save her city from the light, Vesper must face the power most beyond her control: the goddess within.