Part of Legacy of the Nine Realms, book 4
First published 2022
Aria has enemies on every side. A king wants to possess her completely, body and soul. A council has marked her for death. And the Nine Realms themselves have decided she is their chosen hero, whether she agreed to that or not. She did not agree. The people she trusted have turned against her. Everything she held onto has been taken. Now the council calls her a monster, armies gather in the dark, and war is coming for a price she may not be willing to pay. The land picked her. The land can wait. Aria was built to rule the Nine Realms, shaped for a throne she never wanted. But being shaped for something and surrendering to it are two different things. When every force around her pushes her toward becoming the villain they already believe she is, Aria has to decide: let the realms write her story, or claw her own path through the chaos. She has the teeth for it. The question is whether she will use them.
Genres: romance, adventure, fantasy, action, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy
Vibes: dark, emotional, fast-paced, gritty, intense, suspenseful
Tropes: chosen-one, enemies-to-lovers, forced-destiny, found-family, reluctant-hero
Setting: Nine Realms
782 pages · Paperback · Independently published
Content warnings: death, violence, war