The Moon Palace Without a Queen
When Princess Elian Fairchild begins seeing a mysterious palace hanging beyond the moon, she believes it may hold the answer to the disappearance of her father, King Marcus of Aethelgard. Haunted by a strange illness that causes her to cough shimmering silver blood, Elian is drawn toward the Forbidden Peaks, where ancient legends speak of a Moon Queen who can restore the dead, grant impossible wishes, and reunite lost souls with the living.
With Tristan and Chloe at her side, Elian crosses the supernatural Moonlight Bridge and enters a breathtaking palace built from frozen memories, crystalline towers, and the final breaths of countless dying souls. There she discovers the horrifying truth: her father is alive, but he has become a living pillar of the palace. Years earlier, Marcus sacrificed himself to contain the hunger of the Void and protect Aethelgard from destruction. If he leaves, the kingdom's protective shield will collapse.
The mysterious Queen Aurora offers Elian a terrible bargain. She can take her father's place as the palace's eternal vessel, allowing Marcus to return to Aethelgard as a mortal king. But Elian would be trapped forever as the Queen of the Moon, unable to return to the world, speak to her loved ones, or experience the warmth of the sun.
As Elian confronts the true nature of the palace, she realizes that the Queen does not grant wishes-she merely moves the burden from one soul to another. Her father's sacrifice protected thousands, and saving him may require another sacrifice of equal magnitude.
The Moon Palace Without a Queen is a dark, atmospheric fantasy about love, sacrifice, grief, destiny, and the terrible price of miracles. As Elian stands between her father's freedom and her kingdom's survival, she must decide whether love means saving the person she cannot bear to lose-or accepting the sacrifice that protects everyone she loves.
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