The Traitor's Shadow

The kingdom of Reudinia has a new king - a traitor who has allied himself with the power-hungry spirit of the Sense Thief, Kazimir, and assumed the crown. Now that the deadly spirit has been released, Faven and her labyrinth-surviving companions find themselves once again avoiding danger at every turn. Not only are they being pursued by a talented bounty hunter, who is gifted with a dangerous yet familiar sense, but they're also being framed for everything - even the deaths of those they had to leave behind in the labyrinth.

But those are the least of Faven's worries. She made a promise to her friend on his deathbed: to find and take care of Zinnia, the future-seeing girl. And she has to find her before Kazimir does. But when Faven discovers Zinnia had been taken back to Velykov months before, she begins to doubt if she really can keep that promise after all.

Now imprisoned by the Traitor, Everard finds he is no longer sure what is true and what's a lie. Not only that, but the guilt of his past mistakes has left him drowning in grief and despair, and a new sense - his late father's sense - is surrounding him with reality-altering visions and wreaking havoc on his mind. Will Everard break free? Or is he doomed to live life as a prisoner to his lying friend while he slowly loses his mind?

While the Traitor is busy stripping senses from every royal he happens across, he becomes increasingly aware of the challenge before him. The longer Kazimir is in him, the harder it is to restrain him and the harder it is to accomplish his own goal. However, when Kazimir offers him a dangerous solution - one that will increase knowledge, expand power, and conquer the magical world - the Traitor wonders if he's already gone too far to turn back now.

Because no one - not even the Traitor - knows what Kazimir is truly after.