Kings or Pawns (Steps of Power: The Kings Book I)
JessicaSherwood
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  • Reads 396
  • Votes 43
  • Parts 11
  • Time 3h 52m
JessicaSherwood
Ongoing, First published Aug 18, 2015
Mature
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8,994 P.E.-The elven city of Elvorium has become corrupted to the core by politics. With his father dead and The Royal Schism at his back, Prince Hairem becomes the king of the elven world on Sevrigel. Young and daring, Hairem is determined to undo the council's power, but quickly finds his loyal council members brutally murdered by an assassin loosed within the city.

As corruption and death threaten to tear the city apart from within, the warlord Saebellus threatens the city from without, laying siege to Sevrigel's eastern capital. With the elven world crumbling around him, Hairem finds himself in a dangerous political balance between peace and all out war.
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Echoes of the lost Song

11 parts Ongoing

In the northernmost kingdom of Elarion, where emerald forests stretch endlessly and magic pulses through the land, an ancient fae queen and her powerful siblings rule a realm bound by nature's forces. But outside their mystical borders, the human king Aldred of Menoria, driven by ambition and the hunger for magic, is watching. His heart is cold, his soldiers relentless, and his son, Prince Dorian, leads a campaign to claim the one thing that eludes their kingdom-control over Elarion's untamed power. When King Aldred's armies breach the sacred fae lands, an unthinkable war ignites-a conflict the fae call the War of Echoes. As human iron clashes with elemental magic, Queen Miradel of Elarion must rally her siblings, each wielding powers tied to the earth, wind, and beasts, to defend their ancient home. But the humans bring fire and steel, and at their head, Prince Dorian, a warrior as calculating as he is fierce. With the fate of their realms hanging by a thread, alliances will be tested, loyalties shattered, and both sides will learn that the echoes of war reach far beyond the battlefield. Magic, honor, and the survival of entire kingdoms collide in an epic battle for dominance-and in this war, even the victors will be haunted by the cost.

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