Ryan Cahill for of Darkness and Light

To celebrate the launch of our exclusive edition of Of Darkness and Light, we are so glad to welcome Ryan Cahill back to Edinburgh this November.He'll be joined by Edinburgh favourite Justin Lee Anderson, and together they'll chat heroic battles, dastardly villains, and titanic dragons!Heroes will rise.

Nations will fall.Behind the towering walls of Belduar, Calen Bryer and his companions stand in defense of the city and its new king.

In over a thousand years, Belduar has never fallen.

It has stood as a bastion of hope.

But the Lorian empire are at its walls once more, and the Dragonguard are coming.In the North, with Faenir by her side, Calen's sister Ella arrives at the port of Antiquar.

She holds no fear of the unknown.

She will see this through, no matter what - or who - gets in her way.Meanwhile, at the embassy of the Circle of Magii in Al'Nasla, Rist Havel hones his newfound powers in preparation for the trials.

Unbeknownst to Rist, he is being watched, measured, and judged.

He was not taken into the Circle by chance.

There is greatness in him.

But great men can do terrible things.As Lorian forces land on southern shores and Aeson Virandr's letters of rebellion find their way to the right hands, only the Knights of Achyron see the true danger.

The danger that stirs in the darkness.

The coming shadow will not stop.

It will consume all in its path.

It wants for nothing but blood and fire.About Ryan CahillRyan Cahill is the award-winning author of the bestselling epic fantasy series, The Bound and The Broken.

Born and raised in Ireland, Ryan now resides amongst the rolling hills and hobbit holes of Middle-Earth, New Zealand.

He does not own enough swords, would sell his left kidney for a dragon egg, and despises mushrooms in all their eldritch forms.

There are three things Ryan has always told himself about writing.

Write the books you want to read.

Write the books that your younger self would be proud of you for reading.

Make sure they have dragons.About Justin Lee AndersonJustin was a professional writer and editor for 15 years before his debut novel Carpet Diem was published and won the 2018 Audie award for humour.

His second novel, The Lost War, won the 2020 SPFBO award.

Born in Scotland, he spent his childhood in the US thanks to his dad's football (soccer) career, and also lived in the south of France for three years.

He now lives with his family just outside his hometown of Edinburgh.