The Shadow and the Crown: A Tale of Love, Loyalty, and the Crown That Tests the Heart

di Lucian Reef (Autore)

Lucian Reef, 2025

In a kingdom rebuilt from ash, peace is not the end of war—it is what comes after every sword has fallen silent. Once, Prince Cedric Altren was heir to a throne forged in fire. He was taught that mercy is weakness and that crowns are kept clean only by the blood beneath them. But when the war for succession tore his realm in two, Cedric broke from his destiny. He refused to rule through fear—and in doing so, became both the kingdom's savior and its ghost. Beside him stands Adrian Velmont, the tactician who once served as the mind behind deception itself. His ink guided assassins and armies alike; his lies built the empire that nearly destroyed them all. But when truth finally cost him everything, Adrian chose a different rebellion—the courage to live. Together, Cedric and Adrian must navigate what remains after victory: the fragile quiet of a world learning to forgive itself. Their choices will shape an empire reborn—not through conquest, but through conscience. Yet peace demands its own price. The Council calls Cedric back to the throne, naming him "Founder of the New Age," while Adrian's past resurfaces in the form of a violet-sealed letter—a summons from the capital marked with the same insignia he once used to spread war. As spring rain falls over the scars of old battlefields, both men must decide what kind of world they wish to build. To return means facing the ghosts they tried to bury. To remain means surrendering the power to guide what comes next. Between them stands the truth that once bound and broke them: light cannot survive without its shadow. The Shadow and the Crown is a lyrical romantasy of atonement and endurance, of two men bound by loyalty, love, and the slow, painful beauty of rebuilding a life. Set against the echoes of fallen monarchies and fading gods, it tells of kingdoms without kings, of ink that once wrote death now writing memory, and of the delicate line between duty and desire. From palace corridors to fields washed clean by rain, Cedric and Adrian learn that peace is not a crown to be worn—it is a promise to be kept. And sometimes, the bravest act is to lay down the symbols that once defined power. In the end, there are no heroes, no thrones, no victors— only two souls standing where light meets shadow, and the whisper of a world that dares to begin again.

• Autore: Lucian Reef
• Anno edizione: 2025
• Editore: Lucian Reef
• Formato: EPUB2 con DRMFREE
• Lingua: Inglese
• Compatibilità: Tutti i dispositivi (eccetto Kindle)
• Layout: Reflowable
• EAN: 9798232913380