A Kingdom of Ash and Starlight

By Mary Low  ·  English

Seris has spent her life hiding the fire magic that should have marked her for death. In a kingdom ruled by ice-bound nobility and ancient celestial laws, one spark of forbidden power is enough to condemn her. But when she is discovered by Theron, a fallen star-knight bound to the crown by oath and shadow, instead of turning her in, he offers her a bargain: help him recover a vanished relic before a rival court claims it, and he will keep her secret. Their journey carries them through haunted deserts, sky-ruins buried in glass, and palaces where every smile conceals a blade. As enemies close in and the relic awakens forces older than any throne, the tension between them blazes into something neither duty nor fear can extinguish. Yet Theron is hiding a truth that could shatter Seris’s trust, and loving him may prove more dangerous than the magic she was born with.