BlackFyre - Shattered Shards

Daniel Welynn

Sinossi

Branwen has one rule: don't draw attention, don't get attached.Hidden in San Francisco as a human girl, daughter of the Seelie Queen and Goblyn King is supposed to keep her head down, pass her classes, and pretend the sentient fire in her chest isn't counting her heartbeats. The Wayfairer-an ancient talisman-barely keeps BlackFyre leashed. One mistake, one slip, and the thing inside her won't just burn her enemies. It will burn everything.Then there's Daphne: loud, brilliant, impossible to ignore. The first real friend Branwen's had in centuries. Maybe the first person worth breaking rules for.The night assassins crash through Daphne's apartment window, everything shatters. In one desperate act, Branwen unleashes the BlackFyre to save Daphne and her mom, obliterating their attackers-and splintering the Wayfairer into nine shards scattered across the mortal city, the Seelie Roads, and the starving Goblyn realm.On the run, Branwen, Daphne, and Elaine take refuge in a warded house on San Francisco's fog-soaked hill, under the protection of Bram, the battle-scarred knight who's been hiding Branwen her whole life. They don't stay hidden for long. The Goblyn Princess-Branwen's half-sister-has unleashed her Handmaidens, and she wants her lost heir, her stolen fire, and every last shard.To keep the people she loves alive, Branwen has to hunt down the shattered Wayfairer before the Princess does-starting with a deadly descent into the Bay's drowned wrecks to claim the Aventurine shard. Every piece she recovers makes her stronger¿and pulls her closer to the BlackFyre's voice and the sister who stalks her through dreams and cracks in the city's bones.As the noose tightens, Branwen is running out of choices. Stay small and watch Daphne die. Let the fire loose and risk becoming the monster the Courts already believe she is. Or find a way to be something impossible: a girl who can hold the end of the world in her hands and still choose who she burns for.In a city of fog, blood, and broken crowns, the first shard has already woken. The others won't sleep forever.

Disponibile da: 13/03/2026.

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