Crowns and Wings
Published by Self-published · Fiction
The second book in the epic fantasy trilogy, deepening the political intrigue and expanding the world's mythology.
Who this book is for
Adult fantasy readers who enjoy political strategy, clashing factions, ideological tension, and characters whose arcs turn on power.
Table of contents
- The Western Compact
- Growing Pains
- Needle Gate
- The Furrian Question
- The Iron Duke's Counsel
- First Emissary
- The Pretender's Court (II)
- Crossing the Needle
- The Meeting
- Inside the Compact
- The Offer
- Dalia's Ledger
- The Report
- Eastward Eyes
- Counter-Offer
- The First Refusal
- Taera's Passing
- Declaration
- The Iron Crown
- Provincial Administration
- Building the Network
- Coppervein Falls
- The Gate Problem
- The Furrian Gambit
- Holding the Center
- Mapping the East
- The Speech
- The Forge's Question
- Letters
- The Summit
Excerpt
Two years changed everything and nothing. The kingdom of Valdren, which had been a single city and a stolen throne when Kael Astren first sat on the ugly oak chair in Valdren Hall, now stretched from the northern border marches to the southern coast of the Western Reach. Five additional territories had been absorbed since the coronation, each through the same process that had proven so effective in the first year: competent diplomacy, transparent governance terms, and the quiet gravitational pull of an administration that functioned better than anything the absorbed territories had experienced in living memory.
