Cover of The Last Sun

The Last Sun

K.D. Edwards

The Tarot Sequence #1

urban fantasy romance(13k)

The last survivor of a destroyed magical House hunts for a missing noble — and uncovers the truth about his own past.

Representation
M/MLGBTQ+ side characters
Content Warnings
sexual assault (past or present)violence/gore

Description

In this debut novel and series starter, the last member of a murdered House searches for a missing nobleman, and uncovers clues about his own tortured past. Rune Saint John, last child of the fallen Sun Court, is hired to search for Lady Judgment's missing son, Addam, on New Atlantis, the island city where the Atlanteans moved after ordinary humans destroyed their original home. With his companion and bodyguard, Brand, he questions Addam's relatives and business contacts through the highest ranks of the nobles of New Atlantis. But as they investigate, they uncover more than a missing man: a legendary creature connected to the secret of the massacre of Rune's Court. In looking for Addam, can Rune find the truth behind his family's death and the torments of his past?

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