In a world of greed, gods, and monsters, paladins are chosen to do what no mortal human can. Granted divine attributes of their chosen deity, they protect the broken fragments of human civilization from any and all threats. Often from necromancers, those born with the ability to speak with and raise the dead. Such a power inevitably corrupts and turns each and every necromancer evil. Right? Jinua has just received her first assignment as paladin: to execute a necromancer terrorizing a small town with an undead army. But what should be a straight-forward mission turns complicated when another necromancer reveals himself as an ally, flying in the face of everything Jinua's ever heard about his kind. Can she trust him to help her on her quest, or is he an even greater threat?

Jinua, Ontiku, Hylas, and Aketa have finally reached the city of Varse to confront R, the mysterious benefactor of both evil necromancers and dogmatic necro-haters. But before they can properly investigate, they learn that the crown princess of Varse has been murdered. And that a necromancer is likely involved. The grief-stricken king and queen are hunting necromancers in their city. Jinua must find the true killer and R's identity before Hylas and Ontiku's necromancy come to life. But as she gets closer to answers, the mysterious and deadly R is springing a trap of their own... The Slain Princess is the last installment of the Blackwing novella series until 2024.

After narrowly escaping an army of religious zealots, Jinua, Ontiku, and the two new members of their party, Hylas and Aketa, are attacked by a pack of flesh-eating monsters. They're forced to take shelter at Ghost Peak, the sight of a notorious battle between paladins and necromancers centuries ago. Well, Jinua the paladin calls it a battle. Ontiku the necromancer calls it a genocide. As the group continues to fracture, they become vulnerable to a dark, deadly force that not even a paladin or demigod with the gifts of gods can fight against. Ontiku and Hylas become the group's only chance of getting out of Ghost Peak alive, assuming the four of them don't kill each other, first.

An evil necromancer queen, defeated and executed, has a dark, sinister ally. Jinua the Paladin and Ontiku the Necromancer have traced them to the town of Paramis, and have managed to survive and even respect each other in the process. But their uneasy alliance to track and handle their new foe is tested when the leaders of Paramis ask Jinua to execute a fifteen-year-old boy. After all, a necromancer cannot be allowed to live, no matter how young and innocent. It's only a matter of time before they become corrupt and evil, right? Even worse, the town's enchanted forest—ruled by an ancient nature spirit—is uplifting its roots and leaving for reasons unknown, taking its magical healing properties with it. And the young necromancer swears his sister—long thought dead—is alive and living in those enchanted woods. Jinua's beliefs are further questioned as she must decide who to rescue, who to execute, and who is friend and foe....