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Having brought down all the kings of Potestia, Lillith embarks on fulfilling her avenging promise to the feline Ember. Though still grieving the death of her brother, she plans to cross the border into the Republic lands and kill every sage keeping the population under magical control. But the sages have been preparing for this, stoking fear in their subjects by prophesizing the coming of death in the form of a destructive demon queen—who looks remarkably like Lillith.

Lillith has always possessed the ability to feel the grief of the people around her. But now she can harness it and put it to use as well. That said, her recent exploits have labeled her a monster and a villain, specifically "the Mage of Mourning." This title is a nod to both the carnage she leaves in her wake and the tools she implements in the process. But Lillith doesn't need a good reputation. She doesn't even need this life. And she certainly doesn't need to keep her hands free of blood.

It was supposed to be a simple scouting mission. In and out. No fighting. No new quests. Just me, my hippocorn, Alice, and a few hired mercenaries. We were going to tiptoe into the Spiral, get the info we needed, and leave. You know, the Spiral? That tower-defense run that protects the hobgoblin capital from invaders? Easy, right? Nobody would even know we were there. Yeah, so about that....

Ausgezeichnet mit dem Goldenen Stephan für das Beste Phantastik-Werk des Jahres 2022. Small Scale Fantasy mit Plot Twists, Mystik, Abenteuern und einer Prise Sarkasmus in einem mittelalterlichen Setting. Wer "Diener des Ordens" gelesen hat, findet in "Bestien von Haygenhast" das ein oder andere Easteregg. Dennoch ist dieser Fantasy-Einzelband unabhängig lesbar, spielt jedoch in derselben fiktiven Erdenwelt. Darum geht's: Während in Haygenhast das Ahnenfest gefeiert wird, flüstert der Wald von Wahnsinn und Tod. Zwei Trunkenbolde betreten zur Mutprobe den Flüsterwald und kehren verändert zurück.

The strangest thing about Annie's new reality isn't that she's now in the body of a seven-year-old child, the beloved Lillith, feared dead by her family after a particularly nasty bout of pneumonia. It's that she's constantly having to conceal her adult intellect, which is not only advanced but otherworldly. Sure, being a young woman and a grad student in twenty-first-century America had its challenges, but this life as Lillith presents even tougher obstacles. She must tread carefully to conceal her vast knowledge of biology, math, physics, and . . . being an adult.