The Dark Shore (The Dominions of Irth Book 1)

Here is an epic fantasy from the dawn of Creation, from the first worlds, the Bright Worlds. Among them is Irth. And upon Irth, in a realm of wizards, witch queens, and magic, destiny casts shadows into the Gulf and onto the Dark Shore, a universe of blacker magic and deeper mysteries, the greatest of which is Earth. Irth is a world where magic rules — magic that radiates from the Abiding Star. The nobility, possessors of most of this mystic energy, dwell in floating cities that drift above their realms, plotting against each other for domination. Those who fail in their attempts to hold or usurp power are cast off the Edge into the abyss beyond the reach of the Abiding Star. There they fall into the cold world of the Dark Shore — onto Earth — from whence no one has ever returned. Until now. Hu’dre Vra has returned from the Dark Shore with a terrible new power: Black Magic. At the head of an army of cacodemons impervious to Irth’s enchantments, Hu’dre Vra the Dark Lord wreaks a brutal vengeance upon the world that exiled him.