Shadow Heir by Richelle Mead: Description

Shadow Heir is the fourth and final book in the Dark Swan series. If you've read the previous three then you're okay to read this, but for anyone else, this contains major spoilers so I suggest you read the first three books and come back to this.
SHADOW HEIR

#1 New York Times bestselling author Richelle Mead returns to the Otherworld, a mystic land inextricably linked to our own--and balanced precariously on one woman's desperate courage...

Shaman-for-hire Eugenie Markham strives to keep the mortal realm safe from trespassing entities. But as the Thorn Land's prophecy-haunted queen, there's no refuge for her and her soon-to-be-born-children when a mysterious blight begins to devastate the Otherworld...

The spell-driven source of the blight isn't the only challenge to Eugenie's instincts. Fairy king Dorian is sacrificing everything to help, but Eugenie can't trust the synergy drawing them back together. The uneasy truce between her and her shape shifter ex-lover Kiyo is endangered by secrets he can't--or won't--reveal. And as a formidable force rises to also threaten the human world, Eugenie must use her own cursed fate as a weapon--and risk the ultimate sacrifice...

I almost started hyperventilating when I saw this, as I've been desperate for any Eugenie related news since Iron Crowned was released. The Dark Swan series is an absolute favourite of mine and not just out of the ones written by Richelle Mead. I love how our Eugenie often makes mistakes, but she doesn't let them push her down, she'll get back up and set things straight. Also she has major ass-kicking storm powers!
Anyway back to Shadow Heir. It is set to be released in January 2012, and although we haven't seen a cover for it yet, we'll probably be seeing one in the next few months. Yay!