The Brightening of the Way — Nick Marsden

Continuing the epic fantasy of good vs. evil started in The Dying of the Day Prisoner of the ultra-religious Theolar, Braden struggles to come to terms with a new family and the implications to his future. Meanwhile, Brynn and Jeremy begin their journey home, but both of them are keeping secrets that could mean the death of one of their companions. The fourth of five novellas in The Light of Theolan. When tragedy strikes the village of Zedren, twins Braden and Brynn, the children of a once-powerful man, will live separate lives. As Braden is treated as family among strangers, Brynn is treated as a stranger among the people she has known all her life. As the twins fight their own personal struggles, the servants of a banished god rise from the darkness to reawaken the power they once served. To do so, they seek to use the power of the God of Light to destroy the seals on the prison of the God of Night. Soon, only the bonds of blood will stand in the war of Light and Dark. But is blood strong enough to survive The Gods of Sun, Earth, and Moon?