Prophecy & The Crow: A Dark Epic Fantasy of Court Intrigue, Hidden Identity, and Found Family - The Krev Chronicles, Book 1

By NICOLE NICHOLLS

For two thousand turns, the Courts of Light and Shadow have warred. The cruelest part: neither is wrong.

The Ashen King executed his own queen to prove mercy a weakness, forcing his son Vallen, Prince of Shadows, to witness it. That same night, Vallen and Nymeria founded the Crimson Crow, a rebel network for the people both courts leave to die.

A village is slaughtered by Glyphs. The report says no survivors. Nymeria finds the lie. Both kings are already hunting the impossible.

Vallen reaches her first. Violet eyes no human should have, untaught magic, a bond with a dragon thought extinct.

She is seven.

He hides her for three turns. Trains her to fight and survive. Somewhere along the way, she becomes the most dangerous thing that has ever happened to him.

The Ashen King has found a new weakness to prove.

A character-driven dark fantasy about a boy raised as a weapon, and the people who make him something else. For readers who like their fantasy political, their heroes compromised, and their found family hard-won.

For readers of Robin Hobb, John Gwynne, and Mark Lawrence.

Series: Book 1 of The Krev Chronicles, the prequel series to The Circle of Seven Saga. New to Terros? Start here.

POV: Single POV (Vallen), third-person present tense

Content notes: on-page execution of a parent, child in peril, violence

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: 1971805025
• ISBN13: 9781971805023
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Destinyrift Press
• Length: 484 Pages
• Weight: 1.41 lbs.
• Dimensions: 1.1" x 6.0" x 9.0"