The dungeon was just the beginning. The real nightmare is only beginning.
Ayvre Dervestaid's world shatters when she's abducted from her mountain home and thrown into a nightmare dungeon. Tortured, experimented on, and forced to witness unspeakable horrors, Ayvre clings to hope for her family and the friends she makes in the shadows: a fierce young girl with a secret gift, a gentle giant haunted by loss, and a mysterious elf whose fate is bound to hers in ways she can't explain.But escape is only the beginning.
As Ayvre and her ragtag allies fight their way through blood and betrayal, they discover the king's true plan: to create living weapons from the broken, the lost, and the magical. Hunted by Raptors-ruthless inquisitors hunting down magic users under the King's decree-Ayvre must master the darkness rising inside her before it consumes everything she loves.
In a world where trust is deadly and freedom is an illusion, how far will you go to save the ones you love?
Dark Emerald is a pulse-pounding dark fantasy of survival, sacrifice, and the unbreakable bonds forged in the fire of oppression. Perfect for fans of gritty magic, found family, and heroines who refuse to break.