After the Darkness

Kendra Merritt

May 2020 · Blue Fyre Press

About this ebook

Magic destroyed the world...but her power could be the key to protecting what's left.

It has been ten months since the Darkness lifted and the eclipse that toppled civilization ended. The mighty Vemiir Empire that once stretched from coast to coast, now lies in ruins. Aurelia’s family is all she has left. They surround her with love, they fight to protect her, but they do not understand her. No one does. No one but another magi would. And as far as she knows, she might be the last of those.

Magic was the downfall of the Empire, but magic is all Aurelia has to offer in this new world. A magic that her family fears and misunderstands. All she can do is hide it, bury it, and forget it and everything she went through to earn it. But the world is dangerous now, as well as full of possibilities. And Aurelia can’t help the feeling that magic not only has a place in it—it could be the key to learning how to survive, to grow, and to thrive in a world that’s been made completely new.

Ratings and reviews

what i like about this book is that it tells a story that is interesting and easy to enjoy it. it makes you want to read more and has challenging vocabulary that children could also use in their pieces of writing to challenge themselves.

i like how she uses short sentences because it makes it more interesting and want to keep reading and how we follow the journey that she goes on.

Brilliant couldn't put it down very easy to follow the family, enjoyed the community spirit, good, evil an acceptance. Thankyou

About the author

Books have been Kendra's escape for as long as she can remember. She used to hide fantasy novels behind her government textbook in high school, and she wrote most of her first novel during a semester of college algebra.

Older and wiser now (but just as nerdy) she writes retellings of fairytales with main characters who have disabilities. If she's not writing, she's reading, and if she's not reading, she's playing video games.

She lives in Denver with her very tall husband, their book loving progeny, and a lazy black monster masquerading as a service dog.