The third volume in the New York Times best-selling Cradle series!Lindon has a year left.When his time runs out, he'll have to fight an opponent that no one believes he can beat. Unless he learns the magic of the sacred arts the right way, from scratch, he won't have a chance to win…and even then, the odds are against him.In the course of their training, Lindon and Yerin travel to the Blackflame Empire, where they struggle to master an ancient power.Success means a chance at life, but failure means death.In the sacred arts, only those who risk the most can travel far. Will Wight is the New York Times and #1 Kindle best-selling author of the Cradle series, a new space-fantasy series entitled The Last Horizon, and a handful of other books that he regularly forgets to mention. His true power is only unleashed during a full moon, when he transforms into a monstrous mongoose.Will lives in Orlando, lurking beneath the swamps to ambush prey. He graduated from the University of Central Florida, where he received a Master of Fine Arts in Creative Writing and a cursed coin of Spanish gold.Visit his website at for eldritch incantations, book news, and a blessing of prosperity for your crops. If you believe you have experienced a sighting of Will Wight, please report it to the agents listening from your attic.To contact him, you could comment on his blog, visit his official Facebook page, track him down on Instagram or TikTok (@willwight110), or write his name thirty-three times in the beach at low tide. He will call to you from the waves. The Cradle series is the best-selling example of the Progression Fantasy subgenre, which includes works of fantasy where the primary plot revolves around a character growing more powerful in their use of magic. Cradle is high-stakes, fast-paced, and action-focused, with minimal time dedicated to world-building, and as such the books are lean and focused. The series is often compared to anime, with fans using phrases like "anime in book form" or "fantasy novels meet Dragon Ball Z," emphasizing the story's specialty of loud and colorful super-powered battles.
