Heavy Lies the Crown
2 primary works • 3 total works
Book 0.5
For the sake of her kingdom, one strong but young queen will risk everything she holds dear.
She was fierce. She was strong. She was unstoppable.
Until a god descended upon their land.
The god warned Amala Ashcroft of approaching dark magic that would enslave her people, crush her reign, and defeat her own magic. To save all she holds dear, Amala must strike deals with dangerous enemies and swear blood oaths to powerful allies.
But protection doesn’t come without harrowing sacrifices.
Forced to keep grim secrets, her carefully laid plans begin to unravel in the face of the ultimate betrayal. Can Amala prevent the merciless evil from taking hold? Or will generations to come battle the same malicious war?
Book 1
An instant bestselling tale of empowering women in the face of impossible odds, perfect for Sarah J. Maas and Holly Black fans.
For ten years, Nefari Ashcroft, princess of the Shadow Kingdom, has hidden. For ten years, she’s endured the memory of everyone she’s lost. Half the shadow people are dead, the other half are enslaved, and her once prosperous kingdom is nothing but an elaborate mass grave.
Now, dark magic has allowed the Queen of Salix to wreak havoc on the realm; wraiths hunt from the sky, the harvestmen march across the land, and the bone criers pick apart the flesh of the corpses left behind.
Nefari was prophesied to rise and be the sword of the realm. With her bright starlight magic, she was born to conquer the darkness. And for ten years, she’s trained to do just that. . .
It should be easy to step into the position her mother let for her, since everyone thought she died the day her kingdom was destroyed. But staying hidden - remaining ‘nobody’ - is simpler than accepting her dark past, enduring her harrowing fate, and claiming her broken crown.
This series is a detailed world full of legends and myths given flesh, and a princess chosen to save them all.
Book 2
There are rumors of a crown that will show the true whereabouts of those who were chosen to replace the gods. A crown that once belonged to the late queen of shadows.
Nefari Ashcroft doesn’t care about rumors. She plans to take it for herself because with it, she can claim what’s rightfully hers: Her title as her peoples’ fated queen.
First, Nefari must travel to her kingdom - a kingdom that hasn’t witnessed a living soul for a decade. This harrowing journey will test everything and everyone she thought she knew.
It was prophesied that the shards of a broken kingdom will find the fated queen, but what if these shards slice deeper than glass?