A CROWN OF SHADOWS (NORTHBLOOD)

In the realm of the 12 kingdoms, betrayal is currency, trust is a weakness and treachery rule the bloodlines.

Princess Nalorie of Azume rises from the ashes of her family's ruin, sworn to avenge the betrayal wrought by the usurper, Arthur Athanasois.

Bound by a twisted fate to King Orion Xerxes, the feared and enigmatic emperor of the South, Nalorie finds herself ensnared in a game of power, peril, and dark allure. But in a realm where shadows hold secrets and loyalties shift like sand, can she forge her path to vengeance-or will she fall prey to the very shadows she seeks to conquer?