The Emperor of Evening StarsIn the beginning, there was darkness. Before he met his soulmate, Callypso Lillis, and before he became the Bargainer or the King of Night, he was just Desmond Flynn, the bastard son of a scribe. A boy born to a weak mother in a lowly city, cursed with little magic, and destined to marry a slave. A boy taught to hide his truths from the realm of Nightand from himself. But fate had something else in mind. In an instant, Des loses everything, and his