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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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)