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A Bid to Rule: The Stars and Green Magics Book 3 (Ebook)

A Bid to Rule: The Stars and Green Magics Book 3 (Ebook)

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While this book happens 23 years before the main events of this series, it contains characters, events, and context needed to fully enjoy the rest of the series. This is the preferred reading order, but it can also be read any time before, during, or right after books 1 and 2.


THE RULER IS DEAD.
LONG LIVE THE RULER.

Homaj Rhialden has lived his whole life knowing his older sibling, not himself, will rule his interstellar kingdom—and as a court rake, he’s perfectly okay with that. But when his parents are assasinated and the Heir goes missing, Homaj is suddenly thrust into power. All evidence points to an inside job, but who among his father’s trusted advisors are his enemies?

Determined to track down his parents’ killers and prove himself in an increasingly hostile court, Homaj hatches a plan with his servant cousin, Iata, to use their shapeshifting abilities to switch places: while Iata impersonates him and rules the kingdom as a willing target, Homaj searches for the Heir in the capital city.

But in a kingdom ruled by shapeshifters, anyone can be anyone, and not even your own identity is safe. When lies run deep enough to shatter a kingdom and family is hardly friendly, can Homaj protect both his kingdom and his identity from crumbling around him?

A Bid to Rule is a fast-paced royal thriller with a fluid lead and glittering court intrigue! This book was first published as The Seritarchus in serial form.


BOOK DATA:

Series: The Stars and Green Magics, Book 3 (full novel; the longest in the series so far; set 23 years before main events)
Format: Ebook
Heat Level: No heat
Tone: Fast-paced, glittering, paranoid, identity-charged, thriller
Reader Fit: A fast-paced royal thriller with a genderfluid court-rake lead suddenly thrust into power, shapeshifter identity-swap politics, and a court assassination investigation. Stand-alone-readable; sits 23 years before the main series.

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