Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown) Dennis Mathew Winner of the 2023 NAACP

Winner of the 2023 NAACP Image Award for Outstanding Literary Work - Fiction

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Smoke and Scar (Shattered Crown) Dennis Mathew Winner of the 2023 NAACPA Splintered Kingdom An ancient grudge has kept humans and the magical races of Arcanis at odds for centuries. The Arcane Crucible, a legendary series of trials that occurs every 25 years, offers a chance for peace. A Haunted Warrior Elyria Lightbreaker, once a celebrated fae war hero, is a shadow of her former self. Drowning in grief after losing the man she loved to the previous Crucible, now she must rise to stop his sister from falling to the same