Throne Of Shattered Stars by Dana J. Langston

What if the power you spent your entire life suppressing was the one thing an entire kingdom had been waiting for? In Throne of Shattered Stars, twenty-two-year-old Seren Vale has survived by being observant, useful, and difficult to trap. As a gifted mapmaker in the border city of Ashford, she understands roads, territories, and people better than most. But there is one thing she has never been able to map: the strange heat that has lived beneath her skin for years. Then the heat becomes fire. Suddenly, Seren is being watched. Hunted. Tracked by forces that should not even know she exists. Her escape ends across the fae border, inside the secretive Shadow Court and under the scrutiny of Caelith Voss, its calculating and dangerously powerful lord. There Seren discovers that the condition she believed was an illness may actually be the remains of ancient magic deliberately hidden inside her. And her blood may belong to a lineage the fae courts thought had vanished a century ago. A lineage tied to the empty Ember Throne. As rival courts close in, ancient secrets surface, and Seren learns how much of her life was shaped by decisions made before she could understand them, she must determine who is offering protection, who is offering another kind of cage, and who can actually be trusted. Caelith claims he wants the truth. Seren intends to make sure he gives it to her. But the more time they spend together uncovering buried records and dangerous histories, the harder it becomes to separate political necessity from the slow, undeniable pull growing between them. And somewhere beyond the courts, something ancient has already noticed that the lost bloodline is awakening. What readers can expect: • A sharp, intelligent heroine whose greatest weapon is not only her magic, but her ability to observe, question, and calculate • Intricate fae court politics, dangerous alliances, hidden histories, and ancient magical secrets • A slow-burn romance built through earned trust, restraint, vulnerability, and irresistible tension • Hidden lineage and reluctant-heir intrigue with increasingly dangerous stakes • Shadow magic, First Flame power, political maneuvering, betrayals, and competing loyalties • A character-driven journey about identity, agency, survival, trust, and choosing what power means on your own terms Disclaimer: This is a work of fiction. Characters, places, organizations, and events are products of the author’s imagination. The fire is waking. The courts are watching. And once Seren’s true power is fully revealed, there may be no safe place left to hide. Do not wait until the secrets of the Ember Throne are already being talked about. Get your copy of Throne of Shattered Stars today and enter a world where every alliance has a price, every secret changes the map, and one hidden heir could change the balance of power forever.