Daughter of the Dawn

By dimitris kolompatsos

She was hidden from a kingdom of light. Now the darkness has found her.

Sixteen-year-old Eleni Mavridi has never belonged. In her small Greek island village she's the red-haired girl who paints places she has never seen: a white city on a golden cliff, a silver forest, a palace beneath the sea. She has worn the same silver bracelet since birth, and it has never once come off.

Then, on the night of the Autumn Festival, the girls who have mocked her for years go too far. The bracelet cracks. The lights of the whole village go out, the sea rises, and a golden tear opens in the sky.

Now Eleni can hear thoughts. The trees whisper a name she doesn't know. And across the Veil, in a world mortals stopped seeing long ago, every kingdom is racing to find her: the nereids beneath the sea, the elves of the silver forest, and the hunters of the Queen of Night, who has waited sixteen years to drink her light.

The most dangerous of them sits beside her in Literature class. He watches every sunrise as if it's his first. And he was sent to take her.

An ancient prophecy says she will either bring back the sun or put it out forever. To save both her worlds, Eleni must learn who she really is and master a magic born from her own heart before her anger tears everything apart.

A sweeping, romantic YA fantasy about hidden heritage, forbidden love, and the choice between rage and hope.

Perfect for readers who love Sarah J. Maas, Holly Black and Leigh Bardugo.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HMWY6PD1
• ISBN13: 9798162181323
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 330 Pages
• Weight: 0.76 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 5.5" x 8.5"