Goodreads asked Aimee L. Johnson:

Where did you get the idea for your most recent book?

Aimee L. Johnson The idea for Behind Darkness and Deceit came to me in small snippets over a period of time where I just could not sleep! I loved the idea of a main character being forced to become a villain, and have always loved the tales of folklore and mythology and just got the idea to combine them and see what I came up with. A planned trilogy later, I have the Ruin of Realms series

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