The Long Journey - Deveran Conflict, #2

Distance sharpens longing. Loyalty demands courage.

Garrick Ravenwood, now a combat veteran, travels to Tamaria's capital with Brenna Velez, the woman he loves. Chosen as the youngest candidate ever admitted to an elite officer's training program, Garrick is quickly overwhelmed by its relentless physical and academic demands. Raised in poverty, he sees this path as his chance to build a future worthy of Brenna—and to offer her the stability his own childhood never knew.

Beyond Tamaria's borders, a brutal civil war erupts in neighboring Kameron. Trade is imperiled as unrest spreads far from the battlefield. Refugees flee north to seek safety. As the crisis deepens, strife threatens both Brenna's family estate, and Tamaria's economic lifeline.

Separated from Garrick and far from the people who have always anchored her faith and identity, Brenna faces a lonely, uncertain future in the capital. With war reshaping the world around her, she fears losing the people she loves—and the flourishing destiny she once imagined.

Then conflict strikes the Ravenwood family.

When Garrick's sister Kira vanishes from the sacred Temple Elsbireth and flees into war-torn Kameron with her drug dealer boyfriend, Garrick is bound by duty and unable to pursue her. The search falls instead to his embittered younger brother, Algernon. Accompanied by Astrid, a gentle and thoughtful priestess who loves Kira as fiercely as he does, Algernon embarks on a perilous journey into a land fractured by violence. His loyalty is tested, his faith strained, and acting on his love for Kira demands courage.

Set in the World of Devera, The Long Journey is an epic tale of romantic devotion and unbreakable family bonds—where commitment carries a cost, distance sharpens longing, and the bravest journeys are taken for those we refuse to leave behind.