The Gate Run: Legends of Shadear (Shri Moongale Book 1)
Elina ValeThe city of Ironflare is in crisis. For years, the people of the poor district, known as the Pit, have been kept as slaves for Aldemar Krun, the city's power-hungry High Master. Safe in the tower Spike with his magic-using senatai, Krun tampers with forbidden arts, plotting to spread his shadow across the kingdom of Aviden.
The King is determined to break Aldemar's power, but he knows that a frontal assault will result in hundreds, if not thousands, or innocent deaths. Instead, he has sent his most trusted agents, Eavan Firestone and Boa Riverson, into the city, hoping to learn of its weaknesses. They arrive in time for the Gate Run, a cruel game sponsored every two years by the Spike. The challenge is meant to give the slaves hope for freedom, as those who complete it may join the senatai. Few have ever survived.
As Eavan and Boa search for a way to disrupt the Spike, they learn that Shri Moongale, a poor slave from the Pit, may be the key to Aldemar's defeat. But Shri dreams of learning magic, of becoming a senatai and using her power to free the slaves from their plight. Unaware of her destiny, Shri plans to enter the brutal Gate Run at all costs. Is her lifetime of preparation enough to overcome the challenges and betrayals that await her within? And if she dies, what will become of Ironflare?
The Gate Run begins the adventurous saga of Shri Moongale, in which divine forces of magic collide with the vulnerability of brave mortal souls.