Brian Renwick, literary editor, is no longer-now, only Colum remains. After rejecting his previous life and embracing the living iron, he is purified in Uncle's furnace, a willing servant once more.

But dreams are portals to the darkness within us, and Colum's dreams pull him deeper than the labyrinth, into a matriarchal society of shape-shifting women ruled by a powerful Queen: the "Dark Moon." In their firelit cave, Colum must be reborn to save his forbidden love. But whose memories are bubbling up from the abyss . . . and is the man he once was gone forever?

This dark fantasy romance is the gripping sequel to The Iron Labyrinth, one of the most unique and unparalleled magical realism books of 2020. With The Cave of the Dark Moon, Merrilee Beckman invites readers to journey even further into the depths and explore what happens when you're willing to dissolve the boundaries of who you think you are.