King

The first crack sounded like a bone breaking beneath the world. Every villager kneeling in the cavern flinched at once. Chains rattled. Torches guttered. Somewhere far below…

The first thing Ash heard was laughter. Not thunder. Not war drums. Not the iron chains biting into his wrists. Laughter. It rolled down from the royal…

Snow screamed across the northern cliffs of Ashkar like ghosts trapped inside the storm. The mountains had no mercy there. No trees survived. No birds crossed the…

The first thing Kael learned about the Imperial Arena was that people came there to forget they were human. They forgot when children died. They forgot when…

For thirty-eight years, the crown had remained silent. Not once. Not for kings crowned in gold. Not for queens wrapped in mourning silk. Not for victorious generals…

Stormlight flashed across the towers of Eldrath like cracks splitting open the heavens themselves. Rain hammered the black cathedral roofs of the royal citadel while thunder rolled…

The cathedral beneath Blackthorn Castle was never meant to be found by ordinary men. Buried deep below the fortress cliffs where the Atlantic sea crashed endlessly against…

The forest surrounding Velmora had not belonged to men for a very long time. Even before the kingdom collapsed into civil war, travelers avoided the black woods…

The royal banquet hall of Ashkar glowed like a sea of fire beneath thousands of golden candles. Crystal chandeliers shimmered above marble pillars wrapped in silver dragon…