Kingdom

When the world goes silent, survival begins. A global blackout ends everything — power, communication, and control. In one terrifying instant, cities burn and the modern world disappears. High in the River-mouth Mountains, Caleb Cross, a quiet hydroplant engineer, becomes the unwilling leader of strangers trapped in the dark. As panic turns to hunger and trust turns to fear, Caleb must keep them alive while the outside world collapses into violence. Every night brings new threats: desperate survivors, freezing storms, and the crushing silence of a planet gone dead. In the darkness, leadership costs blood. In the quiet, humanity is tested. And when the last light fades, Caleb will learn what kind of man survives after the quiet.

“Stormbearer,” the whispers call, trailing Kael Dorian through the fractured kingdom of Valtheris. A mercenary scarred by war, he wields the Stormreaver Blade—a cursed relic forged from a god’s bones, its power tearing at his soul. A blood-sealed decree binds him to Serenya Nightfall, an exiled princess whose hidden bloodline could unlock the Celestial Gates… or unleash their doom. Hunted by the fanatical Veilborn and shadowed by warlords craving his blade, Kael battles a storm within that threatens to consume him. Serenya, fierce and defiant, holds secrets that could shatter empires—or save them. Together, they face assassins, forbidden magic, and a prophecy that entwines their fates in love and chaos. As tempests rage and gods stir, one truth burns: the Stormreaver doesn’t just kill. It carves destinies. And some fates are written in blood.

Kaelen is a traveling illusionist who wants nothing more than freedom: laughter, open roads, and a stage beneath the stars. But when his path collides with the political machinations of Eldralith, he finds himself pulled into a deadly game of empire. The Veyran envoys have come to claim Eldralith’s princess as a hostage-bride, a chain to bind the kingdom. But beneath the weight of diplomacy and steel, Kaelen discovers that the shadows hide something older and more dangerous than politics and that his tricks are fragments of a power the empires fear above all. He has no crown, no army, and no desire for war. But when illusions turn to weapons and laughter becomes defiance, Kaelen must decide: run as he always has, or stand and become the spark of rebellion.

In a city where wealth decides who breathes, love can be the deadliest weapon. When London’s golden heiress, Ariella Vaughn, marries her quiet chauffeur to save her family’s empire, it’s supposed to be a transaction. But the man behind the wheel is hiding a kingdom, and a vengeance years in the making. As secrets unravel, and passion becomes peril, both will discover that truth is the most expensive currency of all.