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Cover Reveal: The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm

Posted on March 15, 2023 By Jenna Rideout No Comments on Cover Reveal: The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm

Ancient power wrapped in ancient secrets.The power to rend the world and save her loved ones, unless it devours her first.

It’s cover reveal day for The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm with Bewitching Book Tours. Look for others celebrating this cover reveal today across social media and on your favourite bookish blogs, and don’t forget to enter the giveaway! More on that at the end of this post.

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About the Book

The Storm Darkens
Demon Storm Book Three
by Valerie Storm

Publishing 13 April 2023
Shadow Spark Publishing
Cover Artist: Ginkahederling

Genre: YA Fantasy
Page Count: 369
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Evil never really dies. It rises, again and again.

Now—Kari knows it’s rising inside her.

After barely defeating wicked Shadow Witch Raven, the wolf-demon knows her turmoil is far from over when her vanquished foe invades her dreams. And a new power stirs within her: thanks to Raven’s cunning, Kari’s potential as the Catalyst has awoken. A conduit for a terrifying, world-cracking force—one that could open at any moment.

Kari has resisted this new temptation thus far. But Raven again forces her hand, unleashing a demonic abomination to draw her prey out—a deadlier foe than any Kari has faced before. If she taps into this dark new power, she could become strong enough to defend the people she cares about. But the Catalyst has bloodthirsty designs of its own…

If she submits, what new horrors will be inflicted on the world Kari’s come to love?

And when the Catalyst is finished with her at last—what will be left of Kari?

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Excerpt

Again, Kari thought of the purple-skinned mutation that had chased her and Vivianne.

“So there were others?”

Raven sneered. “Failures, yes.” She raised a hand, but Kari grabbed her by the wrist.

“What failures?! Did you send the long-armed mutation that killed my friend?!”

Raven’s emotionless eyes made her heart drop. “I have done so much worse than send one beast out into the world, Kari, but I did not imagine we were here to talk about that.” Raven twisted her hand, tangling Kari’s wrist in long fingers. “Shall I show you every life lost, every drop of blood spilled? Not merely for my own pleasure, but because of you?”

Captain Gorn and his men from Flatcairn, bloodied and broken. And…a field of purple-blue flowers becoming the eternal grave of a young blonde girl.

“Raven…” Kari’s voice hitched, threatening a scream.

Raven laughed, derisive and cold. “Focus, Kari. You know better than to lose yourself to grief, don’t you? You know what is at stake now, in the present.”

Kari wrenched away, eyes wild. When she did, the image of the desolate city wavered and was replaced by a shimmering vision of a dark room. Cages lined the walls, each one filled with a huddled group of monstrous beasts; neither human nor demon, they sported extra limbs or other grotesque developments. Eyeballs protruded from sockets, tongues lolled from the side of mouths, and tumors grew from faces, stomachs, and chests. Their groans and screams filled the space, echoing through a long, dank hallway.

“Stop!” Kari screamed, and the image faded to Raven standing in the middle of a body-ridden street. She stepped away from the witch before stumbling, landing hard on her backside.

“Why are you doing this?”

Raven approached, carefully stepping around the gore and bodies. “This? This is the cost of knowledge. I had to do these filthy, disgusting things to become who I am now.”

She stopped in front of Kari and knelt. Despite the darkness of her eyes, they gleamed with untold levels of cruelty. Kari had always seen such evil inside of Raven, yet she had never imagined things like this.

“I want you to ask a different question, Kari. I want you to ask yourself, what are you going to do to stop me?”

About the Author

Valerie Storm was raised in Tucson, Arizona. Growing up, she fell in love with everything fantasy. When she wasn’t playing video games, she was writing. By age ten, she began to write her own stories as a way to escape reality. When these stories became a full-length series, she considered the path to sharing with other children & children-at-heart looking for a place to call home.

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Comments (0) on “Cover Reveal: The Storm Darkens by Valerie Storm”

  1. Piroska says:
    March 22, 2023 at 7:39 PM

    The book sounds very intriguing. Great cover!

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  2. Jolanda says:
    March 28, 2023 at 8:05 AM

    Cute cover!

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