This book is a work of fiction. Any references to historical events, real people, or real places are used fictitiously. Other names, characters, places, and events are products of the author’s imagination, and any resemblance to actual events or places or persons, living or dead, is entirely coincidental.

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First Simon Pulse hardcover edition March 2016

Text copyright © 2016 by A. R. Kahler

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data

Kahler, A. R.

Shades of darkness / A. R. Kahler. —First Simon Pulse hardcover edition.

pages cm. —(Ravenborn ; book 1)

Summary: As she discovers the truth about her past, Kaira, a senior at a boarding school for aspiring musicians and artists, discovers that vengeful gods are threatening humanity.

ISBN 978-1-4814-3257-3 (hc)

[1. Gods—Fiction. 2. Occultism—Fiction. 3. Boarding schools-—Fiction. 4. Schools—Fiction. 5. Artists—Fiction.] I. Title.

PZ7.K1229Sh 2016

[Fic]—dc23

2015013390

ISBN 978-1-4814-3259-7 (eBook)