The Shadow of What Was Lost (The Licanius Trilogy, #1)

by James Islington

burnished surface seeming to glow in the dim light. “And do you know why it was built? How it came into being?” “Only what the stories from the Old Religion say.” Davian scratched his head, trying to recall what little he’d been taught of the Eternity War, drowsiness still slowing his mental processes a little. “It was to seal off Aarkein Devaed and his creatures…to trap him before he completed his invasion. Before he wiped out everyone in Andarra, if you believe that sort of thing.” “That’s right.” Ilseth’s tone was serious. “It’s not a myth, though. Devaed was very much real—not the embodiment of evil the Old Religion would have you think, perhaps, but he was certainly a very powerful, very dangerous man. And the creatures he commanded were real, too. Truly terrible things that even the Darecians, at the height of their powers, couldn’t kill.”