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Pure Light: Shadows That Wait for Me
Paperback
Series: Pure Light, Book 1
Publisher Price: $16.99
Publisher: Nicholas A. Publishing
Published: Oct 31 2025
Pages: 342
Weight: 1.01
Height: 0.76 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
No name. No past. Only a key etched into her skin.
Amid a storm-torn forest, a girl opens her eyes to a world she doesn't remember. As the shadows press in, a playful orb of light she calls Diamond guides her to safety as if it has always belonged at her side. When asked her name, she chooses her own: Gem.
After discovering a nearby village, a ruthless cult descends upon them, sending a familiar magic flickering through Gem's veins. It saves lives, but it's more frightening than comforting. A key-shaped mark seared into her palm pulses with a strange hunger, hinting at forbidden rituals that would go against her very nature.
Alongside Diamond and Nyla, a sharp but grief-stricken magic-born, Gem sets out for the capital in search of answers, allies, and Nyla's father. But the deeper they journey, the stronger the mark's pull grows, and what she finds may shatter more than her past.
The truth is waiting for her. And it knows her real name.
This immersive young adult fantasy blends the sweeping scope of you've come to expect in fantasy with the intimacy of a character-driven coming-of-age tale. Laced with mystery, eclipsed by dark magic, and anchored in fragile but faithful bonds, it follows a reluctant heroine who never asked for power yet cannot escape it. Both haunting and hopeful, the Pure Light trilogy explores what it means to claim your own name, forge unlikely friendships, and find belonging in a world fractured by zealotry and war. Perfect for readers who love atmospheric occult fantasy, slow-burn tension, and found family, this is a deeply human quest for identity, memory, and the courage to face the truth when even your own past is a mystery.
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