The King Dies in the End ...but the story belongs to them. A girl, starving to death in her village, receives an offer from the king that she can't refuse in an attempt to save her family from certain death. She does not realize what the consequences to her agreement will be. A nanny, who has cared for the prince, heir to the throne, since he was only a few months old, is being blackmailed. She has a secret, one that has to do with the queen, and will do anything to save herself from being exposed. The queen, running away in the dead of night with her two-month-old son strapped to her chest, is determined to never return to the castle. But a persistent mercenary sent to kill her and return her son to the very place she's fleeing will make her reconsider everything she's done to protect her children.

PROTAGONIST Ria grew up in a worldwide city. She doesn't know what plants are, what animals are, what dirt is, or what disease is. Through her discovery of the last refuge of nature, she begins to rethink her life plan. Due to the inspiring influence of the strangled natural world Ria decides to switch professions, forming a rift within her family that may never recover. WORLD A plastic planet, sterilized by nanobots, has forsaken and forgotten nature. Centuries ago humans domed off the last stretch of natural land. Imprisoned, the plants and animals have become a pressure cooker of fantasy creatures. With the whimsical sincerity of Narnia and the dangerous vengeful spirit of Nausicaa's jungle, Earth's flora and fauna are unrecognizable. A.I., potion brewers, portals, hoverbike gangs, and houses with rockets strapped to them. Our protagonist, Ria, will be diving into a world she never thought was possible.

She played with fire, he with daggers. Two assassins. Two different worlds. A whole lot of bloodshed.