The Second Sun by Mike VanHoose

Laxis Dymon is a young woman of nineteen. Seemingly apart from the world, she lives a reticent lifestyle, satisfied by her solitude. She also possesses wonderous and mystical powers, the extent, and origins of which are unknown. Tasked to capture an ancient and evil witch she wants only to be paid for her commission and be on her way, Along the way, she is confronted with the idea that an innocent woman will be put to a grisly death. Her only alibi, a mysterious half-starved little girl of about ten years of age, whose identity will unlock the keys to everything Laxis has unknowingly sought her entire life.

Category: Dark Fantasy
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Four years of travel and thousands of miles in journey has seen Laxis Dymon find her patron. The Goddess of Law, Cellia, has promised to show Laxis her true powers and how to control the enormous flow of energy inside her. Laxis has come in search of answers, some of which she may not want to know. Sallis has headed south in search of her son, Khalid. Rumors of a small boy being taken by gypsies have led her to the small coastal fishing village of Powat. Somewhere within the walls of the desert oasis is a boy for which she would be willing to exchange her very soul to save. Iban-kar, The God of Chaos, has taken his lone follower, Wyo, into hiding. Her death would bring about his non-existence. Building a new power base with fresh worshippers strengthens his stance among the gods.