The Evenfall Queen

Queen Idora occasionally daydreams of watching her kingdom burn.Outside castle walls, monsters thrive on the eerie influence of the Carve, a chasm that splits their world in two. Forced to live in its shadow, Idora is a slave to her king and his ambitions of crossing it.When the mage arrives, a stranger with promises of victory, Idora doesn't trust him, nor the thrall he holds over the king. All seem blind to his wicked deeds, yet as the effects of his mischief spread, it is her who comes under scrutiny.Concerned with what more may be uncovered, be it the truth behind the king's timely bouts of sickness, or the creature which sometimes visits her from the bathtub, Idora finds an unlikely ally in the stranger himself. What else she finds in him, whether bewitchment or love, can only threaten her further.The Carve isn't the greatest threat to the kingdom. Soon, Idora sees that the danger may not lie with the stranger either. For as the blame for the horrific things accosting her people falls more and more on her, Idora can't help but wonder.They could be right.