The Dark Crown

*Dear reader, I ask that you enter this new journey with an open mind and form your own opinions before diving into the reviews. “There will come a day when you are powerful enough to rewrite it all, be mindful of what you carry in your heart when you do.” Rebahzi has just ascended the throne, making her the first rightful heir to serve as Queen of Amitiah. And since the moment she was able to heed an order, Rebahzi was molded into the perfect replica of a lady who minded her manners and abided by the influence of her advisors. But like others in the past, her path crosses with Sadie Pierce, a fugitive from their neighboring land, Genai, and suddenly shes bombarded with truths that bring everything she’s ever known to be called into question; making her not only a target, but forcing her to make a choice. Fall in line, or accept the brunt of the crown. Clementine, death god of oaths, shadows, and passage; a forsaken god banished from his home in the garden of Ester, spent nearly a millennia waddling around in the grief of his past, regretting the sins that led to his current reality. Well, that’s until he gets word of the prophecy of the gift that was promised, and hopes that if he can somehow put a stop to his father’s plans, then perhaps he could make amends for his past. Only life is never that black and white. Because while secretly watching over the silver-haired human goddess for the past twenty-one years, Clementine is led into the land of Amitiah, where he too is faced with haunting truths, while having the worst parts of his past laid bare in ways that affect more than just him. What will happen when the past comes full circle, revealing what brought on today’s misfortunes, as well as drawing together those who were chosen in what will be the beginning of a war that was initiated long before anyone had a chance to draw first blood? But can it even be called a war when the victor has already been written? When blood, betrayal and sacrifice lessen the odds? But you know what they say, betrayal stings, but it also hardens. And as for death, well, sometimes it alters and corrupts; and what’s left of it seeks to destroy. So it’d be wise to be mindful of who you made your enemy, especially while reigning under a dark crown.