King of Scars

A dark epic fantasy about power, the price of triumph, and the wounds within that linger long after the war has ended. At the heart of the story stands a young king striving to keep his country from slipping into renewed chaos, even as he conceals his own fears, dangerous secrets, and a power he himself cannot fully comprehend.

Nikolai Lantsov seems every inch the ruler who can withstand any threat: witty, magnetic, and effortlessly assured before the world. Yet behind that dazzling façade is a man haunted by the past, for the war has marked him not only with political scars, but with deeply personal ones as well.
As enemies gather at the borders and the throne begins to sway beneath the weight of conspiracies and looming danger, Nikolai is driven to seek salvation in places where reason yields to dark forces and ancient mysteries. At his side stand others waging battles of their own, torn between duty, loyalty, and a power that holds the capacity either to save or to destroy.