How is one supposed to track and enjoy the stories and characters when this happens? Also, the story became unbelievable. Yes, the theme is about the dangers of prejudice and racism, but it got to the point of practically being best on the head with it. The political agenda completely overrode the story. As a conservative reader, I can deal with reading about some woke characters, but this book went way too far. Also, social agendas were too strong in this book. For example, we took a long detour into festival romances that should have been a stand-alone collection in a novella. This book was a mess because it no longer seemed to be about the story or moving the story forward.

This series started out so strong, but it progressively declined in quality. * Also available in print in The Rebel Mages anthology The Black Witch The Iron Flower The Shadow Wand The Demon Tide The Dryad Storm Wandfasted (ebook novella)* Light Mage (ebook novella)* But Vogel has one more earth-shattering revelation for them all. The Black Witch is back, and the Prophecy is at hand. And Tierney’s bond with Erthia’s most powerful river has exposed a danger even more terrifying than the looming war. But Trystan is fighting on two fronts, as the most despised and least trusted member of the guard. In the Eastern Realm, Water Fae Tierney Calix and Elloren’s brother Trystan have joined the Wyvernguard to prepare for Vogel’s attack. With her fastmate, Lukas Grey, either dead or in the hands of High Mage Marcus Vogel, Elloren knows the only chance of turning the tide of the coming war is to seek allies who will listen long enough not to kill her on sight. Newly exposed as the Black Witch of Prophecy, Elloren Gardner Grey is on the run, not knowing if she’ll find friends or foes. Nothing can stop the demon tide. Don't miss the epic fourth book in The Black Witch Chronicles by critically acclaimed fantasy author Laurie Forest.

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