Cringey Echo

Jeff B White

Darkness invades Evenhere, unmaking people and the memory that they ever existed. King Jethran and King Fable face their most difficult challenge yet as they fight to protect their twin teenage sons and save their kingdom from annihilation. As the Kings remain behind to confront an attack that threatens to erase the entire world and all memory of it, they send the Princes to Silvarii Hollow under the protection of a very pregnant Mayor Saga. While there, Prince Arby and Prince Tierro uncover a dark secret about their past that sends them down diverging paths of equal darkness. Tierro becomes trapped in a permanent state of Overjoy as he tries to prove he is not the person he remembers. Arby is overtaken by what appears to be the Uncrowned King who forces him to wreak havoc across Evenhere. Mayor Saga and her fiancée, Eldress Stanza, work to unite their respective communities, but must put everything on hold as they help Jethran and Fable save Arby from the monster inside him. Together, Saga and Stanza fight to protect the first generation of the Woven Melody growing inside Saga as they face the actions of Saga’s past and endure unspeakable tragedy. Jethran is given an ultimatum by the Pixxels who demand he give up his life as King, husband, and father to live as Cadence full time and return to their chorus. To save their son and their kingdom from the dark erasure, Jethran and Fable combine their songs once again, creating a fusion of power the likes of which the kingdom has never seen. The story culminates in an ultimate battle where Evenhere must learn that sometimes love is not enough, and some losses are eternal. The final installment of *The Shards of Color Trilogy* closes the story with a satisfying conclusion that promises to rewrite everything you thought you knew about the world of Evenhere, fairytales, and what it means to be the chosen one.