The Killing Fog

The Wall Street Journal bestselling author of the Kingfountain series conjures an epic, adventurous world of ancient myth and magic as a young woman’s battle with evil begins. Survivor of a combat school, the orphaned Bingmei belongs to a band of mercenaries employed by a local ruler. Now the nobleman, and collector of rare artifacts, has entrusted Bingmei and the skilled team with a dangerous mission to retrieve treasures from a lost palace buried in a glacier valley. Uncovering its tombs has a price. Echion, emperor of the Grave Kingdom and ruler of darkness, has long been entombed. Now Bingmei has unwittingly awakened him and is bound by a legendary prophecy. She must destroy the dark lord before he reclaims the kingdoms of the living. Thrust into the role of savior, urged on by a renegade prince, and wielding a magic that is her destiny, Bingmei must decide what she is willing to risk to honor her ancestors. Her decision will change everything as Echion’s dark war begins.