Shadows of Prophecy

Shadows of Prophecy
Rachel Lee

What will happen when the assassins are defeated…? For Tess Birdsong and her companions there will be no warm homecoming. The death of one evil exposed the beating, seething heart of another far more dangerous power. Together they must go to Anahar, to help free the Anari people from their enslavers, and purge the darkness in their own hearts. But that ancient city holds more than the key to Anari liberation. In its temple lie the secrets of the Ilduin, women of almost godlike power.Tess, who remembers nothing of her past, is terrified by the power of her Ilduin blood. But Tess's mind conceals more than fear. There is war, and pain, and death, and anguished grief. And somehow she must face it all again, guided only by the shocking secrets of a temple as old as time itself…

Praise for

RACHEL LEE

“A suspenseful, edge-of-the-seat read.”

—Publishers Weekly on Before I Sleep

“Shadows of Myth is a fantastic fantasy….

Rachel Lee, known for her terrific romantic suspense tales,

provides a wonderful good vs. evil fantasy.”

—The Best Reviews

“Rachel Lee deserves much acclaim for her

exciting tales of romantic suspense.”

—Midwest Book Review

“Lee crafts a heartrending saga.”

—Publishers Weekly on Snow in September

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Published in Great Britain 2006

MIRA Books, Eton House, 18-24 Paradise Road,

Richmond, Surrey, TW9 1SR

© Rachel Lee 2006

ISBN 9781408976197

For the rays of light in our lives:

our four children and our editors and our agent,

who have shown infinite patience in this year of Job.

Contents

RACHEL LEE

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Chapter 10

Chapter 11

Chapter 12

Chapter 13

Chapter 14

Chapter 15

Chapter 16