The Queen Who Wore a Stolen Moon

By Terilyn Ladson

Princess Elara of Lunareth has spent her life believing that the kingdom's eternal light is a blessing.In Lunareth, night is never allowed to last. The royal crown keeps the darkness at bay, shortening the hours of night and protecting the kingdom from the ancient force known as the Moon's Rage. The people celebrate their endless prosperity, while the royal family quietly pays the price.Elara is beginning to see the truth.Every time the mysterious "Missing Hour" occurs, the stars jump across the sky and her mother's body grows older. Queen Valeriana is only forty, yet she looks like a woman twice her age. Beneath the crown's beautiful surface lies something hungry, something that seems to feed on the life of whoever wears it.And Elara is next.When she touches the Royal Crown, she hears the presence imprisoned within it. The entity calls itself Minaera, a force of ancient lunar power whose rage has been buried beneath centuries of royal lies. Elara discovers that the kingdom's sacred peace was built by stealing time from the natural world-and by turning generations of queens into living vessels for the stolen power.The crown is not simply protecting Lunareth.It is a cage.And Elara is being prepared to become its next lock.As the truth spreads through the palace, Elara finds herself caught between impossible loyalties. She wants to save her dying mother. She fears what will happen to her brother and the people of Lunareth. Yet she also knows that continuing the royal tradition means sacrificing herself to a system that has already consumed generations of her family.The rebels want the crown destroyed. The High Priest demands obedience. Minaera demands freedom.But freeing the moon may unleash centuries of stolen time in a single catastrophic release.With the Missing Hour approaching and the machinery beneath the palace waiting for its next sacrifice, Elara must make a choice no princess was ever meant to make.Will she become the next queen of a beautiful lie-or destroy the system that built her throne?A dark epic fantasy about stolen time, divine vengeance, royal sacrifice, rebellion, and one woman's struggle to reclaim the night.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HJ35H3M7
• ISBN13: 9798182734585
• Release Date: September 2026
• Publisher: Terilyn Wilson Ladson
• Length: 186 Pages
• Weight: 0.51 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"