Publisher's Synopsis
The city was a pressure cooker, hissing and spitting in the encroaching darkness. Power cuts, like malevolent gremlins flicking light switches, plunged entire neighborhoods into an eerie silence, broken only by the frantic whir of generators and the distant, mournful wail of sirens. People, usually so bustling and oblivious, now huddled in their homes, the flickering glow of candles painting grotesque shadows on their walls. Fear, thick and cloying, seeped into every crack and crevice, a magical smog that choked the very air. News flashes, urgent and terrifying, blared from screens, their harsh light reflecting in wide, panicked eyes. Headlines, bold and ominous, screamed from newspapers: "Anonymous Killer Claims 30 Lives! Murderer Lurks, No One Safe!" The city, once a vibrant tapestry of magic and mundane life, was now a haunted house, stalked by an unseen predator whose motives were as murky as the shadows he commanded.
Into this chaos stumbled Aelin, a quiet city girl who preferred books to battles and solitude to social gatherings. She was the kind of person who could disappear into a crowd, a ghost in the city's labyrinthine streets. And then, her life exploded. She discovered, with the force of a magical earthquake, that she was the unexpected guardian of the Infinite Triangle, the multiverse's most powerful artifact. A responsibility thrust upon her like a poorly wrapped, ticking time bomb. Suddenly, she was thrust into a deadly game, a maze of ancient prophecies, hidden powers, and unimaginable dangers. A maze designed to break her, to test her limits, to see if she was worthy of the power she held. Now, Aelin, the unassuming city girl, found herself standing on the precipice of oblivion. An ancient enemy, whose power threatened to unravel the very fabric of reality, was closing in. Twisted secrets and corrupt forces lurked in the shadows, waiting to exploit her weaknesses. Could she, a girl who preferred libraries to battlefields, rise to the challenge? Could she unravel the deadly maze and stop the ancient enemy before it was too late? The fate of the multiverse, a terrifying and overwhelming concept, hung precariously in the balance, and Aelin, the reluctant hero, was the only one who could tip the scales.
