Book 1

Heir of Magic

by J D Ruffin

Published 14 September 2021

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back.

Irina was a powerful Mage who tried to crush the nations under her iron fist, only to be thwarted by the selfless sacrifice of magic’s guardian. A millennia later, her cult of fanatics plots to bring her back.

When magicians go missing, Guardsman Keelan Rea is charged with bringing the victims home. His gift of Truthreading made him the nation’s top investigator, but this search tests even his skill. The hunt gets personal when a woman he cares for is taken. The kidnappers’ trail leads Keelan across the border where he finds a trusted neighbor massing troops for a surprise attack.

A thousand miles away, Princess Jess Vester is destined for the throne. In her heart, duty battles love. When her mother tries to marry her to an obnoxious backwater Duke, she chooses her boyfriend over the Crown and flees the capital. The same masked men taking magicians now haunt her trail, threatening more than just her freedom.

Time is running out for Keelan to save the magicians and stop a war, and for Jess to save herself.

And if the cultists succeed and Irina rises again, the world will fall.


Book 2

Daughter of Magic

by J D Ruffin

Published 12 October 2021

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back.

Daughter of Magic is an action-packed adventure, the second book in The Kingdom War series. If you like fantasy, intrigue, and satirical humor, you’ll love this series.

Ancient, evil Queen Irina continues her plot to return to the living world — and to conquer it.

With her army on the border poised for invasion, Guardsman Keelan Rae and his team continue their desperate chase to save his beloved Healer. While his brother, Declan, travels to an ancient island seeking aid for their country’s sorely outnumbered military. When he meets the mysterious Keeper of Magic, he is forced to face his greatest fears.

Betrayed by her lover, Jess hurtles toward the same sacrificial fate as other kidnapped magicians. Her King-father rallies the nation to find her, but will it be enough?


Book 3

Shadow of War

by J D Ruffin

Published 9 November 2021

She’s been dead a thousand years. She’s angry. And now she wants her throne back.

With the King and Prince dead, Jess is crowned Queen, but is forced to flee for her life with unexpected allies, Keelan and his adopted father and Mage, Atikus.

Irina launches her invasion and sends more than sixty-thousand troops across the border with orders to kill all who oppose her and destroy everything in their path.

Declan and Orla return from the mystical isle of Rea Utu to discover death and destruction in Irina’s wake. They race against hope to reach Saltstone and fight for their freedom.

Will Irina’s wrath overpower Declan’s new-found power?

Can Melucia survive?

Can Declan stand against Irina's power?


Book 4

Royal Vengeance

by J D Ruffin

Published 1 August 2022

She's been dead a thousand years. Now she wants her throne back . . .

Chancellor Thorn fled before the battle for the capital began and now seeks to place himself on the Kingdom’s seat of power. He uses Irina’s ancient cult to form a new religion whose Priests are determined to displace the Crown.

Enraged by her defeat at Saltstone, Irina vows to destroy what Mages hold most dear, magic itself.

Can Jess defend the throne and uproot the evil spreading throughout the Kingdom?

Will the world of fantastic powers once again fall into the hands of a malevolent few?