Book 1 - The Imposter King

To thwart a curse, a fake king enters a fake marriage—but his sacrificial death will be all too real.

As the king of Sippar, Ahsan-Sin is surrounded by unparalleled luxury, fawning attendants, and a gorgeous wife. But he has three small problems.

One, the palace oracle foretells of a threat that could leave the king dead and the city in ruins.

Two, his marriage to the sharp-tongued priestess Nirah is already in trouble–and they aren’t even really married.

Three, Ahsan is not the real king, but a man condemned to die in his place. Selected for the role of imposter king, Ahsan must take the fates’ wrath and assassins’ knives upon himself… and while his crown may be fake, the danger he faces is all too real.

Ahsan wants nothing more than to escape the deadly intrigue of Sippar’s royal court, but if he doesn’t stop the king’s would-be killer, it won’t just be one man dead: it will be everyone Ahsan knows and loves—including the pretend queen he might just be coming to care for.

Book 2 - The Wretched Spy

Within the city walls, a monster hunt rages. Outside, an army marches.

For Ahsan and the beast lurking under his skin, the safest place to hide is behind enemy lines. These days, the trick is knowing where that is.

When the Blight Hunt comes to Sippar, it’s all he can do to escape scrutiny. Yet when his plans go awry and his deadly secret risks being exposed, he finds he’s not the only one harboring dark truths—nor the only one in peril.

Nirah has advanced in her priestess arts, but when disaster arrives on her doorstep, she will stop at nothing to save the city she loves—and the man she loves. Yet as a mysterious force advances and Sippar is thrown into chaos, everything she knows crumbles, and she must decide where her faith truly lies.

It is a wicked evil that coils around Sippar, and an enemy older than anyone realizes. Amongst epic floods and bloodshed, royal cabals and allegations of dark magic, Ahsan and Nirah are again drawn together, each other’s best chance for survival.

Book 3 - The Wayward Heir

Hunted from the mountains to the marshes, Ahsan only wants two things before he's killed: a chance to spread the horrifying truth he’s learned—and to be with the faithless priestess who’s stolen his heart.

After fleeing Sippar, Ahsan-Sin and Nirah have lost their freedom, their home, and their status. Now under their enemy’s thumb, they travel to await judgement from the Rihut Elders—if the king's pursuing forces don't kill them all first.

Reeling from what he saw in Sippar, Ahsan journeys through the land’s bustling cities with Nirah and their captors, dodging the king’s forces and rogue monsters at every turn. With Nirah his only comfort—and his greatest source of worry—Ahsan is determined to keep her from paying the price for his sins while salvaging what he can of their future together. Harder to reckon with, though, is the ghost now haunting their steps.

In these contested lands, there is darker magic at work than mere prophecies and power-plays. But the truth about the king, the realm, and even Ahsan himself may spell his ruin.