The King's Last Treasure

By Renée Miller

Beneath the magnificent palace of Oakhaven lies the Sunken Treasury, a frozen labyrinth of gold, silver, and jewels collected through generations of conquest. While the kingdom suffers from famine, drought, and the slow destruction of its once-fertile lands, King Valerian Ravenscroft guards his unimaginable wealth with merciless obsession. To him, every coin is sacred, every missing gemstone a crime, and every trace of life beyond his control a threat to the Crown.Mina, a poor orphan forced to work as a treasury sweeper, spends her days polishing royal relics and gathering the dust of precious metals. Her existence is one of hunger, cold, and unquestioning obedience. But everything changes when she touches the enormous gold-covered coffer known as the Seventh Spoils and hears three deliberate knocks from within. Behind its iron bands and seven royal seals, something living is trapped-and its fragile heartbeat seems to answer her touch.While the King prepares to destroy the mysterious relic in a colossal imperial furnace, Mina discovers that the treasure he fears may be far more extraordinary than the ancient legends suggest. Guided by memories of rain-soaked meadows and helped by small remnants of the natural world that the Crown has nearly erased, she risks everything to reach the sealed chamber. Yet saving the creature will require more than courage. Mina must understand the terrible difference between possessing wealth and protecting life, before the King's final act of greed turns a dying kingdom into a permanent wasteland.The King's Last Treasure is a dark, atmospheric fantasy about oppression, ecological devastation, and the quiet power of compassion. Beneath its imagery of glittering riches and suffocating stone, it asks a timeless question: what is treasure worth when the world that gives it meaning has been destroyed? A haunting tale of courage and renewal, this story reveals that the greatest power in a kingdom may belong not to its ruler, but to the forgotten girl who still remembers how the earth is supposed to breathe.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HPTB7XPH
• ISBN13: 9798183001969
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Renee Miller
• Length: 144 Pages
• Weight: 0.40 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"
• Age Range: 13 to 18 years
• Grade Range: Grade 8 to Postsecondary