No Longer A King

By Erik Seabury

Framed for the slaughter of Queen Cara and Prince Laric, Bareth escapes execution with the sworn Crows and Liam Blindshield, a ruined pirate captain, only to discover that vengeance will cost him nearly every soul still loyal enough to die for the truth.

King Bareth had a wife he adored, a son who carried sunlight in his pockets, and nineteen Crows sworn to guard his throne. Then his brother Ulrik murdered Queen Cara and young Prince Laric, twisted the realm against him, and left Bareth chained beneath his own castle to die as a kinslayer.
The Crows come for him anyway.
What follows is not a clean rebellion, not a heroic march, not a tale where loyalty survives untouched. Bareth is hunted through marsh, coast, chapel, orchard, and burning road while the Crows bleed around him, each with a name, a habit, a love, a fear, and a death that changes the ones left breathing. Garran Veyr carries command like a wound. Fyrra keeps her dead lover's memory sharp as a hidden knife. Rennic loses the hand that made him useful. Sera and Joryn learn that love in wartime is less a sanctuary than a second battlefield. Dain Rusk returns from absence to count the dead. And Liam Blindshield, pirate, liar, survivor, loses nearly everything except the gallows humor that keeps grief from swallowing him whole.
Across the realm, Ulrik's lies rot into law, Captain Thorne nails terror into every village, and Seraphina's dark craft turns memory itself into a weapon. By the time Bareth reaches the city gates, the kingdom has seen enough truth to burn, but not enough to be saved.
Six Crows remain. The pirate is battered. The dead are not silent. And Ulrik still lives.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HFRDBY4R
• ISBN13: 9798189590566
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 610 Pages
• Weight: 1.60 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"