Description

563 years after the Breaking of the World a young man named Cain Le’meer is given a Relic his father; a Mist Relic, the element considered weakest by society. Taking the oaths of a Warden he is marred to the aspirant Aranea making her a Weaver. The two are offered a chance to study at the academy of Mistwall to train in the etheric arts and combat in a high ether zone.

Aranea will discover her talent with Wards and be hailed as a prodigy. Cain will struggle to prove himself as he wrestles with old fears and feelings of weakness and inadequacy. The trails of life will assail them both as they grow in power unaware of the threats growing in power around them.

Aranea will be forced to decide who she is and what she believes; Cain will be forced to walk alone and discover just how strong he really is. Both will reshape their world as the ever present dangers of Warlocks, djinn and the fell men emerge from the Mist.

What readers say about A Shadow in the Mist

“Love the magic system and its reliance on paired partners love the character, motivations, and aspiration It would be nice if you switch perspective between the Pairs per chapter I’m very interested in where this would go. Hope you continue. The grammar and…”

1eyeinskyRoyal Road5.0 / 5

“TL;DR A good story, with an interesting magic system, and good characters. Style The style is great. It fits the rest of the story nicely, and doesn't clog up the reading. Grammar There are a few errors here and there, but for the most part, the grammar is…”

ReallyObnoxiouslyLongNameRoyal Road5.0 / 5

Community Reviews(2)

1eyeinskyRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

Love the magic system and its reliance on paired partners
love the character, motivations, and aspiration
It would be nice if you switch perspective between the Pairs per chapter
I’m very interested in where this would go. Hope you continue.
The grammar and flow is really good.
keep it up!

ReallyObnoxiouslyLongNameRoyal Road

★★★★★ 5.0

TL;DR
A good story, with an interesting magic system, and good characters.
Style
The style is great. It fits the rest of the story nicely, and doesn't clog up the reading.
Grammar
There are a few errors here and there, but for the most part, the grammar is good.
Characters
They all seem pretty good. The main characters are interesting and interact well. The romance is a little rushed for my taste, but is well done, and there's still plenty of room for the romance to grow.
The side characters are well done also. The conflicts are being handled in a way the makes sense for the characters, and nothing feels too unrealistic.
Story
The main premise of the magic system is pretty good. It sounds like the kind of thing that could be abused by a less capable writer, but here, the whole pairing system is handled with some maturity. It even has different incarnations depending on where in the world the character is from.
It does have a system, and blue cards, but it's handled pretty well so I won't complain.
The story so far is focusing on the main characters attending an academy, and learning, so there isn't some world ending threat yet. There are a few interesting breadcrumbs that have been placed that beg an explanation, but it's early days yet, so I guess patience is the order of the day.
Final Thoughts
Give this story a read. It's well done, the characters are interesting. My only gripe is that there isn't more so I can't binge it.
Have a wonderful day.