Beyond the King's Red Walls

di Skw (Autore)

SKW, 2026

Sold into the inner palace kitchens for three tarnished silver coins, a young scullery maid learns that survival among the pavilions requires absolute silence and downcast eyes. For ten winters, she navigates the perilous corridors of court intrigue until a violent coup leaves the dynastic seat in flames. Fleeing into the freezing mountain crags, she carves out a quiet existence in a secluded gorge, only to discover an injured nobleman pinned beneath the shale of an icy stream. She sets his fractured bone and shelters him through the fevered nights, unaware that he is the sole heir to the premier ministry that orchestrated the purge. When he is recalled to the capital and placed under iron guard, the brief sanctuary vanishes, leaving behind an unbearable truth: she carries new life within her. Under the unyielding statutes of the realm, any servant who has eaten the court's salt belongs to the throne forever, and an unlisted child of noble blood is punishable by the total erasure of the lineage. Seeking refuge within an ancient mountain monastery, she raises her son in the quiet shadow of the timber halls. But when an embroidered heirloom cord catches the eye of a rival faction's retinue, the secret ignites a lethal hunt across the frozen crags. To protect the boy from private executioners, a divided father must choose between an ancestral dynasty built on thirty years of bloodshed and the solitary life hidden in the snow, culminating on the cold marble of a paranoid ruler's judgment hall.

• Autore: Skw
• Anno edizione: 2026
• Editore: SKW
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798235339965