After months of relative peace and quiet, things aren't looking good for our heroes. It appears that Bifrons's plans are finally coming to fruition. Not only has Nephteros been possessed by Azazel, but thanks to that, Alshiera has vowed to kill her. Gremory has gone missing, and Kimaris has disappeared in search of her. Everything Zagan loves and cherishes is at stake. An army of ten thousand resurrected heroes looms in the distance--it is time for an all-out battle between Zagan and Shere Khan. And most importantly, Nephy wants all of this resolved in just three days so she can still throw Zagan a surprise birthday party. Join the ever awkward Zagan as he is forced to protect those he loves in volume thirteen of An Archdemon's Dilemma: How to Love Your Elf Bride!

Nephteros has been possessed by Azazel, so Alshiera vows to kill her. Gremory has gone missing, and Kimaris has vanished in search of her. Bifrons’s plans are coming to fruition. All the while, an army of ten thousand resurrected heroes looms in the distance. After months of relative peace and quiet, it is time for the all-out battle between Zagan and Shere Khan to begin. Everything is at stake as Zagan vows to protect his family and all of his subordinates, refusing to let a single one of them get hurt. What’s more, Nephy requests that everything is resolved in three days so that Zagan’s surprise birthday party can still be held.

Chastille's birthday is quickly approaching, and Barbatos is at his wits' end trying to plan for it! While he's on his way to ask a friend for advice, the bewitching Archdemon Eligor attempts to recruit him. Soon after, Chastille catches Barbatos spending time with a beautiful woman and realizes she can no longer suppress her own feelings. Could a confession of love be on the horizon?

Zagan is feared by the masses as an evil sorcerer. Both socially awkward and foulmouthed, he spends his days studying sorcery while beating down any trespassers within his domain. One day he's invited to a dark auction, and what he finds there is an elven slave girl of peerless beauty, Nephy. Having fallen in love at first sight, Zagan uses up his entire fortune to purchase her, but being a poor conversationalist, he has no idea how to properly interact with her. Thus, the awkward cohabitation of a sorcerer who has no idea how to convey his love and his slave who yearns for her master but has no idea how to appeal to him begins.

A month of peaceful days have passed since Bifrons's hectic evening ball. Having gained many new followers, Zagan's castle is now bustling with activity. After everyone has settled in, Nephy asks Zagan if she can visit her old home to find information on high elves. As such, the group heads off to the northern holy lands, to the hidden elven village, but somebody is already there awaiting their arrival...

Nephy learns of Zagan’s impending birthday from Alshiera, which is information that Zagan himself doesn’t even know. Seeing this as an opportunity, Nephy leads the charge in putting together a surprise party for him, but with her past experiences being what they are, she has no idea how birthdays are celebrated. Meanwhile, Zagan also learns from Orias that Nephy’s birthday is coming within the month, and the two Archdemons decide to mark that day as Nephteros’s birthday as well. Much like Nephy, however, Zagan is ignorant of how birthdays work as he tries to plan a surprise for her. The entire castle is in a celebratory mood, but dark clouds loom over the horizon. Zagan knows of a terrible problem haunting Nephteros that has to be addressed before any sort of celebration is an option, and he still has no idea how to resolve it. What’s more, after a month of relative peace and quiet, Shere Khan and Bifrons finally make their move.

Darksong Rising, the third book in New York Times bestselling author L. E. Modesitt, Jr.'s epic fantasy series the Spellsong Cycle about a singer and music instructor at Iowa State University who gets far more than she expected when she is magically transported to the world of Erde. Anna, regent of Defalk, faces enemies foreign and domestic who wish to crush her for weilding too much power as well as being a woman. Even within her own realm she faces the threat of civil war. The solutions to all of these challenges is magical, but Anna has learned that powerful magic comes at a high cost. The Spellsong Cycle The Soprano Sorceress The Spellsong War Darksong Rising The Shadow Sorceress Shadowsinger Other series by this author: The Imager Portfolio The Saga of Recluce The Corean Chronicles The Ghost Books The Ecolitan Matter At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.