The Crystal Crux Series: Beautiful

The fifth and final book in the popular epic fantasy series, The Crystal Crux.

Picking up from where the book 'Shimmer' left off, Pero de Alava, having learned that his former bride whom he has forsaken is still alive, leaves Eliade on the back of Areion, a flying qilin.

Anthea Manikos struggles to maintain her grip on reality after the giant Sinibaldus poisoned her. Using the magical powers of a Bellerophon Crystal, Sinibaldus has been trying to pierce the veil of her mind in order to destroy her virtue and character.

Having lost his family and seeking a purpose to go on living, Francis Whitehall, with Merle's knights in tow, races across Italy to retake the keep at Capua.

Cambio Sartore heads back to Eagles Pass to find his missing sister Gisele only to find death and destruction in the forest.

Gisele met up with a boy named Tomas. As a storm gathered, they took shelter in a cave only to be attacked by something living in the cave.

And Ophis, the black dragon, having four of the five Bellerophon Crystals, is anxious to retrieve the fifth and use their magic to help him resurrect his kind and reinstitute his war on the Creator and His creation. He has enlisted the aid of the insatiable vixen, Viridian, who was spurned by her lover/cousin Rugerius and was ready to end it all. She is willing to do anything to please a master who can help her get revenge.

Will Ophis get all five Crystals and wreak havoc on the world?

Will Gherardus and his Fabbro family be able to maintain power in Parthenope with all the backstabbing occurring?

Will Pero be able to right all the wrongs and repair all the damage that's been done. Everyone keeps telling him that this is his story and only he can fix it. He feels as lost and confused and forsaken as he did on day one.

Enter the turbulent tale here and learn what all transpires. It promises to be a rough and adventuresome road.