title: A Shadow Bright and Burning (Kingdom on Fire, Book One)
author:  Jessica Cluess 
description: "Is it clear that Cluess adores the Harry Potter series and <i>Jane Eyre</i>? Yes. So do you. So does everyone. What matters is that her voice is her own. . . . <i>A Shadow Bright and Burning</i> delivers on the promise of its title. This is a novel that gives off light and heat."<br /><b><i>The New York Times</i></b><br /><br />"Henrietta is pragmatic and bitingly funny, and she more than holds her own in a mans world. Cluess gamely turns the chosen-one trope upside down in this smashing dark fantasy." <br /><i><b>Publishers Weekly</b>,</i> starred review<br /><br />"Jessica Cluess manages to hook the reader on the very first page. . . . The pages turn quickly and this first installment in the story is over before the reader will want it to be. The ending is perfect, too. Just enough of a conclusion to be satisfying, but also enough mystery to make readers anxious to see the next installment. Lovely debut novel by a talented writer." <br /><b><i>Huffington Post</i></b>
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  # Ophelia
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ## Jessica Lynch
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [![Curse the Flame Publishing](../images/00003.jpeg)
  
  
  ![Curse the Flame Publishing](../images/00002.jpeg)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  ### Contents
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Foreword](part0004.html#3Q280-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 1](part0005.html#4OIQ0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 2](part0006.html#5N3C0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 3](part0007.html#6LJU0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 4](part0008.html#7K4G0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 5](part0009.html#8IL20-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 6](part0010.html#9H5K0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 7](part0011.html#AFM60-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 8](part0012.html#BE6O0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  [Chapter 9](part0013.html#CCNA0-fb1072dac2ab4ee086a85006f9990048)
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
  
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