To Steal From a King
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Last published Mon, Feb 24, 2025
Valerlanta is a thief with secret magic and a yearning for freedom from her past.
Venic is a knight on the run with a secret that has two kingdoms out for his head.
Together, these two people from very different upbringings must learn to work together in order to race the king and his army for puzzles that are a key to an ancient vault of power.
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STORY MOOD:
To Steal From a King is an action/adventure story that is written to be fun. It originally was supposed to be like a cheesy action movie, but some points are a bit more dark and serious than that.
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POINT-OF-VIEW
It is written as third-person limited with two point-of-views(Venic and Valerlanta) that switch by chapter.
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TRIGGER WARNINGS:
violence, scary themes, blood, self-harm(for the sake of blood magic), confinement.
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