THE ASSEMBLY: A ZISK TALE

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For forty years, Zisk has known peace. For twenty-eight of them, King Theodore has reigned golden, guiding the kingdom through prosperity after the war. But with the crown finally passing to his son, a new generation of leaders rises-inside both the palace and the university halls.

Lyla is a Northern-born final year law student with sharp opinions and an even sharper tongue. She trusts the law more than the crown, and even as she studies alongside heirs to the throne, she keeps a private grudge against the palace's legacy. Arthur Lux, her closest friend and the king's successor, believes the monarchy and the law can walk hand in hand. His brother Theon remains caught between them, ever the shadow and the skeptic.

When Lyla is chosen as the Caucus's new attorney, her work uncovers matters the Court would rather keep buried. Her friendship with Arthur fractures into rivalry, and her loyalty to her post forces her into direct conflict with the palace she never wished to serve. As Arthur's reign begins under the weight of new alliances and unseen enemies, his heart becomes just as contested as his throne-and those he once called friends may prove the Court's greatest complication.