The Libri GmbH The Knight Beneath the Glass Mountain Paperback

For years, Valerian Ravenscroft has lived as a disgraced knight of the Silver Rose, haunted by a mysterious darkness in his blood and a sense that something about his existence is fundamentally wrong. When the High Commander sends him to the legendary Glass Mountain, Valerian is told that his blood is the key to an ancient seal-and that the mountain has been waiting for his return.At the summit lies Princess Genevieve, imprisoned inside an enormous obsidian slab. Believing that freeing her will redeem his dishonored life, Valerian begins a perilous ascent through a world of razor-sharp crystal, supernatural sentinels, and visions that expose secrets buried within his bloodline.But the truth is far more terrifying. Valerian is not simply the knight destined to break the seal. He is the Son of the Shadow, born from an ancient darkness that has been waiting centuries for someone of his blood to return. As the mountain awakens, Valerian's humanity begins to disappear, replaced by an irresistible connection to its dark power.When he finally shatters Genevieve's prison, he believes he has freed her. Instead, he unleashes the very darkness the ancient seal was created to contain. His transformation becomes complete, and the terrible truth of his quest is revealed: by saving Genevieve, Valerian has condemned himself to become the mountain's eternal guardian.The Knight Beneath the Glass Mountain is a dark, atmospheric fantasy about destiny, forbidden love, sacrifice, and the terrifying cost of redemption. In the end, Valerian becomes both key and lock, savior and prisoner, sealed within the Glass Mountain for five hundred years.