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The New War
Paperback
Series: Dark Queen Saga, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Mar 2 2026
Pages: 182
Weight: 0.55
Height: 0.39 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
This story follows Dondorale Raven, a burned-out retail worker at the mighty Mammoth in Homer's Haven who lives a double life as a demon-slaying warrior.
By day, she's on online grocery, smoke breaks, and group-chat drama with her chaotic friends-Trixie, Veronica, Javar, Kaylee, Vega, and the rest-caught up in bad relationships, workplace politics, and small-town gossip. By night (and sometimes inconvenient afternoons on Main Street), she's answering portals that rip open over the city, fighting the dark Queen Mortiana's monstrous regiments through a hellish maze of lava lakes, torture chambers, and underworld judges.
The book braids together gritty, funny, very human moments-Wingstop dates gone wrong, fake proposal schemes, porch arguments, and therapy over visions-with high-stakes fantasy: cursed mazes, underworld royalty, and brutal battles where Raven's spider magic and glass blade Dangrail are the thin line between Homer's Haven and annihilation.
At its core, it's about a woman juggling overtime, family trauma, and mental health while literally and metaphorically fighting demons-trying to save her missing granddaughter, keep her found family alive, and figure out whether the horrors she keeps seeing are PTSD, prophecy, or both.
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