A conflict is rising that will draw unlikely allies across the land.
It begins with one impossible choice.
Gaelia was never meant for court life.
Taken from her farm and offered as a political solution, she is told that marriage to a prince could restore the failing trade of Alayster—her homeland, now strangled by royal restrictions. Refusal is possible in name only. Too many lives depend on her cooperation.
Lord Alayster did not choose this bargain either. Young, burdened by his father’s mistakes, and responsible for a land on the brink, he must prepare Gaelia for a role neither of them believes is just. As training begins—testing her endurance, discipline, and powers she never knew she possessed—resentment gives way to uneasy trust, and to a bond neither of them can afford.
But the crown’s bargain is only the beginning. Hidden threats are closing in, and Gaelia must decide how much of herself she is willing to sacrifice—not only for her people’s survival, but for the freedom she has always dreamed of claiming.
Survival of Alayster is the first book in a completed four-book fantasy series where impossible choices shape destinies, loyalties are tested, and relationships deepen over time. With slow-burn romantic tension and character-driven stakes, the story builds toward consequences that reach far beyond a single seifland.