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The Shadow of the Endless Night (The Heartfriends Series Book 2) by [Carrie Gessner]

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Since their defeat at the hands of Valerius and his army three months prior, Aurelia and her friends are lost. Aurelia has renounced her country in order to do what she thinks is right—and to survive. Now, with Renfred in the dungeons and her fortitude waning, she sets off on a quest to find the Guardians of the Gift in the hopes of restoring magic to the land and driving away the invaders.

Inside the castle, Edana and the resistance attempt to thwart Valerius’s plan to give people magic by taking away their souls and turning them into soldiers driven by insatiable rage. But fear of her dangerous new magic holds her back, and navigating the political landscape might cause her to lose sight of herself.

And Mira, empress of Mydrost, intends to challenge Valerius and his troops over Temidorus, but to do so, she must forge an alliance with Queen Minerva of Sunniva, Renfred’s older sister. But the two leaders’ clash of opinions and cultures might sink them before they’ve begun.

They must trust in themselves and each other before Valerius’s hunt tears the veil between this realm and the next.

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Carrie Gessner received a BA in English from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She writes fantasy and science fiction and drinks a lot of tea. Her short stories have appeared online at The Teacup Trail, Freeze Frame Fiction, and The Future Fire as well as in the anthologies Whispers in the Dark, Fall into Fantasy 2018, Gunsmoke & Dragonfire, and Beautiful Lies, Painful Truths. When she's not writing or reading, she likes to go for walks in the park with her greyhound. She's a member of Pennwriters and Broad Universe. --This text refers to the paperback edition.

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ASIN ‏ : ‎ B07Q1DW488
Publisher ‏ : ‎ Sky Forest Press (March 26, 2019)
Publication date ‏ : ‎ March 26, 2019
Language ‏ : ‎ English
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Print length ‏ : ‎ 431 pages
Page numbers source ISBN ‏ : ‎ 1949665046
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Carrie Gessner received a BA in English from Carnegie Mellon University and an MFA in Writing Popular Fiction from Seton Hill University. She writes fantasy and science fiction and drinks a lot of tea. When she's not writing or reading, she likes to go for walks in the park with her greyhound.

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Lonny K Johnson

Classic fantasy done very well.

Reviewed in the United States on January 10, 2020

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I have been neglecting some of the books I wished to review, this one chief among them. In full disclosure, Carrie is my friend; I was allowed to read a WIP manuscript of the book; and Carrie was kind enough to send me a copy of the finished product though I had already purchased a Kindle edition.

This book continues the story of Aurelia, the healer prophesied to end magic in the land, Edana, the first seer born in generations, and Brennus, an elemental gifted, and the first male born with magic in centuries. After the Battle of Tolm Sert, Aurelia and Edana are taken prisoner, Brennus is presumed dead. Aurelia and Edana now serve Valerius of Krovolia, their conqueror. They must survive and perhaps may bring down Valerius from within. Book 2 expands on other characters in this world. We see Renfred, Aurelia's heartfriend, mature. We get a glimpse into the backstory of Mira, Empress of Mydros, and how she came to be friends with Brennus. We get some insight into Queen Minerva of Sunnivan and why she seems so cold and overly cautious. There are also hints at the plan of the Goddess, though our heroes often mistake her message. Carrie is excellent in her world building and characterizations.

Primarily, we are made to feel the powerlessness, hopelessness, and frustration of an occupied people. The fear of an enemy perceived as invincible. Aurelia searches for a way to restore magic to her people in the hope that will allow them to defeat the Krovolians. Edana tries to frustrate Valerius' desire to create ostavly, the superhuman beserkers made of perverted magic. Yet every action they take seems to worsen their situation, to strengthen Valerius.

This is epic fantasy done very well. Carrie is an author who deserves a much wider audience. If you have read "The Dying of the Golden Day" certainly you must read "The Shadow of the Endless Night". If you haven't read Book 1 I encourage you to do so. I am impatiently awaiting Book 3.

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Mark A. Eytcheson

A classic. Carrie stands among giants.

Reviewed in the United States on June 3, 2019

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Some things make an unshakable impression. Can you remember the first time you read a book that truly made you feel awe and wonder? Awe at the power of the story. Awe at the power of the wordsmith who could so make you live in the moment, live in the story. Make you FEEL it. For me the first book like that was ‘Horton Hears a Who,’ when I was in first grade. Still one of my favorite books ever, by the way. I have been an avid reader my whole life, and have probably read a half-million books, but I remember the first time I read ‘The Lord of the Rings.’ I put it down slowly with such a sense of wonder. Wonder at the story, sure. But more than that, a wonder over the ability to write like that, to make me FEEL like that. To make me LIVE like that. That world was alive, the characters were real, and I was changed and I knew it. In my teens, I was an aspiring writer at the time, and I nearly cried because I felt like I could never in a million years write with such power and skill and detail and passion. How could I match THAT? I was so humbled that I gave up my dreams of writing. And read the series three more times. Yet here I am decades later once again working on a novel, knowing that I can write, and I come upon ‘The Shadow of the Endless Night.’ Carrie’s first book was good, but this is different. Once again I am in awe. The power of her pen transports me. I am carried to a world that I know is real. This was not something imagined and made up. This was lived. I’ve read it twice now and am starting my third trip. I am undeterred in my writing, but need to pause to read ‘The Shadow of the Endless Night.’again. And re-read ‘The Lord of the rings’ and ‘Moby Dick’, and the Eragon series, and’ Great Expectations’, and ‘The Rime of the Ancient Mariner’ and ‘Horton Hears a Who’ to get a sense of awe before I continue in my quest to contribute to the universe of the written word. Thank you Carrie for contributing to the classics, and for forever changing me.

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H. Miller

Exciting Follow-Up to The Dying of the Golden Day

Reviewed in the United States on September 19, 2019

So thrilled that the second book in Carrie Gessner's Heartfriends series was just as wonderfully engrossing as the first one. The Shadow of the Endless Night delves deeper into Aurelia's story and especially into her world. I was so impressed with the worldbuilding in The Dying of the Golden Day. Carrie gave us even more of it in the second novel. Fantasy readers will remember this series because of the attention to detail, but I believe those readers who aren't into some of the more familiar fantasy tropes (no elves or orcs in these books) will relate to Carrie's stories because they can relate to her characters and themes. Completely immersive.

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