Volume 1 Illustrated Hardback

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Volume 1: The Devil of Tarsyn Forest

Genre: Dark Political Romantasy Epic

Adult Dark Fantasy

The First In An Epic Empire-building Saga.When Azul awakens in a foreign world, she's already trapped as a pawn in a royal conspiracy.Her only ally is Ragnar Valthorne, a warlord whose curse marks him as 'blessed' by death and whose need for her political acumen matches her need for his protection.But conspiracies, once started, rarely end as planned.
When a forgotten power left by a nameless god emerges from the wreckage of the royal family's ambitions, Azul will claim it—no matter the cost.For she shall either find a way or make one.

Trigger Warnings

This book includes:
Sexual Assault (implied)
Suicide and suicidal ideation
Physical abuse and violence
Child abuse and neglect
Graphic violence and murder
Blood and gore
Mental health struggles, including depression and trauma
Domestic violence
Manipulation and gaslighting
Reproductive coercion and forced pregnancy themes
Body horror
Cultural practices that may be disturbing to modern readers
Death and dying
Psychological trauma and PTSD
Power imbalances in relationships
Threats of sexual violence
Violence against women
Forced Abortion
Starvation

• Read the prologue

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Book 1 Illustrated Hardback

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Book 1: The Undoing

Genre: Whimsical Grimdark Fantasy

Adult Dark Fantasy

Book 1 of the Testaments Trilogy.If you wish upon a shooting star, you may find a small iridescent stone in your palm. And if you carve into it the words of a dead tongue, you may well destroy the world.For a thousand years, humans reigned unchecked. They subjugated, conquered, and consumed all in their path. Yet in the span of a 500-year war, the most feared race in history was annihilated. Their queen vanished, her daughters slaughtered, and their blood spills still into a world that rejoices at their extinction.In the heart of Valdemar forest, Hadassah—the last of a dying human line—lives unaware of the carnage tied to her name. Until the night her home burns and she is forced to flee into a realm that sees her kind as tyrants at best, vermin at worst.Disguised as a harmless rabbit, Hadassah travels with a beastman whose charm hides a shadowed past, a woman so beautiful kingdoms bend before her, a man whose strength humbles her, and a Harbinger forged for her protection alone.Through the power struggles of the formidable Vortigern Rabbit family, Hadassah begins to see the world’s fractures: grudges older than empires, histories written in lies, and a hunger for power that spares no race.Confronted by the cruelty of both beastmen and humans, she must face the question she fears most:Who deserves death, and who shall stand?

Trigger Warnings

This book includes:
Sexual Assault (implied)
Suicide and suicidal ideation
Physical abuse and violence
Child abuse, neglect and death
Graphic violence and murder
Blood and gore
Mental health struggles, including depression and trauma
Domestic violence
Body horror
Death and dying
Psychological trauma and PTSD
Power imbalances in relationships

• Read Chapter 1

Book 2 Illustrated Hardback

Book 2 Illustrated Paperback

Book 2: Law of Beasts

Genre: Whimsical Grimdark Fantasy

Adult Dark Fantasy

Book 2 of the Testaments Trilogy.When your destiny is destruction, what remains of your soul?Hadassah, the last princess of a dying lineage, has been tasked with the impossible—she has been asked to die.But upon waking, her Harbinger lies broken, and her allies stand on the edge of ruin. She must cast aside her guilt, don the mantle of her mother, and rise as the last Queen of Emeris, the one fated to destroy the world.In a realm where the heavens demand obedience and Queens betray their own, Hadassah will walk the path of no return.There is no future for you, Hadassah. There is only death.

Trigger Warnings

This book includes:
Sexual Assault (implied)
Suicide and suicidal ideation
Physical abuse and violence
Child abuse, neglect and death
Graphic violence and murder
Blood and gore
Mental health struggles, including depression and trauma
Manipulation and gaslighting
Reproductive coercion and forced pregnancy themes
Body horror
Death and dying
Psychological trauma and PTSD
Power imbalances in relationships
Forced Abortion

• Read the prologue

Queen of Sheba

Expected: Winter 2026

Azul Valthorne

The Protagonist
The 23 year old warlord grew up under merchant parents. Unfortunately, they were captured by a nomadic tribe during a trade journey. After his father's death and mother's suicide, Ragnar was taken into slavery for 10 years before he led a revolt and formed the Valthorne Tribe.In the novel, he is noted to dislike sweet things, and yet he does enjoy whatever his wife cooks – mainly sweets – as she doesn't know how to cook anything other than poison.

Her Love Intrest
The 19 year old was sold to the Igwe (King) of her tribe to be a replacement princess for a political alliance. Despite her status as a commoner, her father invested a lot into her education with prior plans of making her a consort of one of the Igwe's sons.Azul dies at the start of the novel by asphyxiation, and her body is quickly occupied by an unknown entity who seems to have no regard for the sanctity of human life.Azul likes to dabble with poison; she also tends to manipulate those around her, friend or foe.It is fortunate her new betrothed enjoys her tactics immensely.

Cover Artists

Sofka_novka
Mahsa
Lucreynd
Djales
Sam133711
Aalis blue

Interior Artists

Sofka_novka
Ms.dex_infe
Lucreyn
Killiansghost
Ilusa
Giknnow Art
Toster.art
Meyvvy
Kkatsubi
Garvidenia
Walrus_Knight
Laurenyuj
Aalisblue

Ragnar Valthorne

❀ Age in Volume 1: 23
❀ Nationality: Mixed Kemet and Bacchalia
❀ Race: Human
❀ Occupation: Warlord (Criminal)
❀ Likes: Azul
❀ Dislikes: Sweets

Azul Valthorne

Borji of the Borjigin