A Shattered Crown

The bells of Elyndor tolled the night King Alaric died, and with him the last breath of a crown unbroken. Betrayal brought the usurper Malreth to the throne, his wolves of shadow binding the realm in chains of fear. Amid the ruin stood one man—Kaelen Veynar, the knight branded traitor, cast into exile with nothing but his vow. But oaths do not die. From burned villages to secret markets, Kaelen walks a shattered land where truth itself is hunted. With him stand unlikely allies: Arin, a rogue with quick hands and quicker words; Miri, a knife fighter scarred by survival; and Serenya, the queen who will gamble her life and her child's future for a realm worth saving. Together, they will defy banners of lies, face wolves born of fear, and march upon a throne stained in blood. Yet the greatest battle Kaelen must fight is not against swords or sorcery, but against whispers—those that call him traitor, and those that call him king. A Shattered Crown is an epic fantasy of exile and redemption, loyalty and betrayal, fear and truth. For crowns may shatter, thrones may bleed, but oaths endure. And sometimes, one knight without a crown is enough to save a kingdom