A Throne of Ash and Shadow

By Katye Reed

The king was never the monster.
The crown was.

She was meant to destroy him.
Instead, she became bound to him.

Kaelin survived the palace.
She survived the betrayal.
She survived becoming something the world now fears.

But survival came with a price.

Now bound to the king she was meant to kill, Kaelin can feel his pain, his rage, and the weight of the crown that is slowly breaking him. Every heartbeat pulls them closer. Every choice pushes the world further away.

The Resistance calls her a traitor.
The nobles call him weak.
The kingdom wants them both dead.

And something far worse is waiting beneath it all.

A force older than the crown.
A power that feeds on magic, on control, on the very system that built their world.

To stop it, Kaelin and Cazimir must do the impossible:

- Unite enemies who would rather see them burn
- Master a bond neither of them asked for
- And choose between saving the world or destroying each other

Because this time, victory is not about who lives.

It is about what they are willing to become.

And when the final choice comes, only one truth remains:

Power always demands a sacrifice.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GWRHKGC3
• ISBN13: 9798255807888
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 672 Pages
• Weight: 1.69 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 5.5" x 8.5"