Copyright Date:
2024
Edition Date:
2024
Release Date:
09/24/24
Pages:
305 pages
ISBN:
1-665-90133-0
ISBN 13:
978-1-665-90133-8
Dewey:
Fic
LCCN:
2024009931
Dimensions:
22 cm.
Language:
English
Reviews:
Kirkus Reviews
In this trilogy closer, a girl must learn how to harness both her dark and light energies if she's to save her communityUmbra tamer and Lightcaster Mia is mourning the death of her father, who sacrificed himself to seal a portal that allowed the Reaper King to enter the mortal world. Mia and brother Lucas channel their grief into action, using their powers to awaken their grandparents from the unconscious state that Queen Katiya put them in. The Reaper King is now roaming around Lunis, attempting to free Ria, his sister, from the queen's clutches. Mia's friends try to comfort her, but her shame over her inability to save her father continues to isolate her. Mia and Lucas work together to translate the Lightcaster book. They also find out that Mia can connect with other Lightcasters while both sleeping and awake, including Ria, and Mia's best friend, Miles, who's being controlled by the Reaper King. In past battles, Mia's impulsive nature and poorly managed powers hurt other tamers; now she'll have to learn how to be part of a team if she wants to defeat the Reaper King. Readers will enjoy the fantasy quest aspect of the story, and the exploration of grief and its impact will resonate. Mia grows over the course of the story arc and remains an engaging character in this strong end to a series centering on a Black cast.A thrilling adventure that takes readers on an emotional roller coaster. (map)(Fantasy. 9-13)
Mia and her umbra go on the offensive to restore light to her moonlit kingdom in this thrilling third and final book in the Umbra Tales middle grade series that’s Keeper of the Lost Cities meets The Golden Compass.
Having grown up in the moonlit city of Nubis, Mia McKenna has always found comfort in the darkness. And yet the dark days following her father’s death at the hands of the Reaper King aren’t something she’s prepared to handle.
Daniel McKenna was Mia’s rock. He was the whole city’s rock as the leader of the umbra tamers—the highly trained fighters who protect Nubis from atop creatures made of shadows and starlight. Without him, Mia, the tamers, and all of Nubis are lost.
There’s little time to grieve when the tamers are facing two enemies: the Reaper King, who has achieved corporeal form, and Queen Katiya, who powers her city with a terrible secret. Mia must channel her emotions into resolve to get revenge on those who have hurt her family, but if she isn’t careful, the darkness swirling inside her might change her—and her powers—forever.