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Roya's Awakening and the King of Light and Darkness: Book 9 of the Roya's Starlight and Shadows Series
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Series: Roya's Starlight and Shadows, Book 9
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Publisher: Independently Published
Pages: 540
Weight: 1.57
Height: 1.20 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
On the mist-shrouded shores of Behistoon Island, sixteen-year-old Roya is a girl caught between two worlds: the heavy silence of her modern grief and an ancient war where myths breathe and walk among us. Driven by a streak of youthful impulsive defiance, Roya attempts to rewrite the tragic fate of a legendary Prince, using her rescue mission as a desperate detour to avoid the shadows lurking within her own heart and mind.
But Roya's illusions shatter when she witnesses the unthinkable: King Goshtasp, the monarch renowned in history for championing the light, betraying his own biological son to a certain death. In a chilling display of a ruler's insecurity, the King sacrifices his son's life to preserve his own throne of thin air.
As the war between angels and demons spills from the pages of the Shahnameh into her reality, Roya realizes she can no longer run. To survive the silver-tongued lies of the demon Mendacium, she must face the most grueling battle of all: the internal conflict she has buried deep within. Guided by the wise echoes of her heritage, the bell of Rumi and the lantern of Ferdowsi, Roya begins the fragile, honest process of an awakening. She discovers that while her heart remains broken, the Three Pillars of Truth offer a robust path for her growth in a world where light and darkness reside in the same soul.
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