
I liked seeing the backstory hinted at in the book come to life. Add to your shelves here.ĭAWN OF MIST is a series of prequels (short stories? Intercut novellas?) about three of the main characters in the series, showing major moment in their life that affect their trajectories in the series. Teenage Bleak sails across the seas, seeking adventure with her best friend, Bren, and guardian, Senior – only to discover that trouble often finds her first.įiercely loyal Henri and her sister, Sahara, train relentlessly to become elite warriors, but soon learn that the Valian Way can be crueller than they ever thought.Ī young and ambitious Commander Swinton struggles to prove himself worthy of knighthood, but an encounter with a beautiful stranger shows him that there are things in life more important than titles.īlurb taken from Goodreads.

Before their fight to save the realm from mad tyrants and toxic mist, Bleak, Henri and Swinton led separate lives.
