by OREH
In the game of kingdoms, the loudest move is the one you never hear. Three years have passed since the Mountain Kingdom broke its alliance with the Pyramid Kingdom, leaving a trail of broken promises and a marriage turned into a fortress. Now, the world sits on a knife’s edge, balanced between three powerful women and the shadows they cast. Agatha of the Mountain Kingdom is a living legend who has outlived her own myths. She is faster, more precise, and more dangerous than she was in her prime—and she is waiting. She is waiting for a crack, a mistake, or a lie from the daughter-in-law she refuses to acknowledge. Queen Daenerys of the Pyramid Kingdom has built a ghost. Alongside her strategist, Jamal, she has woven the Shadow Syndicate into the fabric of every court in the known world. It is an invisible empire of information and ritualistic silence, designed to protect her throne—and her secrets—from the woman who anticipated a fire before the match was even struck. At the center of the storm stands Iasedoreh. Son of the Mountain, King of the Pyramid, and a man who carries the weight of two empires on his shoulders. He is the bridge they are both trying to cross, and the prize they are both willing to burn the world to keep. From the blood-soaked sands of the Voxy Tournament in the Xixi Kingdom to the ash-choked ruins of the Moon Kingdom’s great library, the pieces are moving. The Shadow Syndicate is stabilizing. The Mountain is ascending. The truth is buried in a book of the dead. In a world where intelligence is worth more than an army and a single punch can redefine a reputation, the greatest war is the one being fought in the private rooms.
