The Crown Trials were supposed to find the kingdom’s greatest warriors. Every realm sent their finest fighters, riders, and rivals who trained their whole lives for a chance to serve the crown. But when competitors start dying, and the Queen vanishes into the night, the Trials become something far more dangerous than a competition.
Now the strongest warriors from every realm must abandon their rivalries and band together on a quest to find their missing Queen. But the trail is full of betrayals, and every realm has a reason to lie. As alliances fracture and trust becomes a luxury none of them can afford, the conspiracy they uncover doesn’t just threaten the throne—it rewrites everything they thought they knew about who built it.
The crown they swore to protect was stolen long before any of them were born. And the people who took it will kill to keep that secret buried.
Nikki Key Books 