Epic Battles
Universe

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When the legendary King Drerok dies, his untested son Kohel inherits a fragile peace and a realm already cracking at the borders. In the west, Dreson, Drerok’s adopted son and once Kohel’s beloved brother, seizes the Adrien River’s vital ford and declares himself Lord of the West, hanging those who refuse his banner and burning the villages that stand in his way.

Pinned between a ruthless desert warlord, a cold‑blooded trade empire on the eastern sea, and a mountain kingdom of mages whose help may cost more than any army, Kohel must decide what kind of king he is willing to become: the cautious heir who lets the fire creep closer to his people’s doors, or the ruler who risks his soul and his crown to stop a war he did not start. As old oaths crack and new alliances are forged in shadows, every choice cuts a little deeper into the land of Urloh, and not everyone standing beside the young king wants him to survive the storm he’s sworn to face.

The book delivers many of the things I live for as a fantasy reader: a strong, marketable premise, cinematic action beats, and a moral cost to magic that actually matters.  – Author C.

This manuscript sits squarely in the kind of epic/military fantasy I enjoy reading. It reads like political chess, moral cost, siegecraft, and a protagonist whose learning curve shapes the stakes. My preferences emphasize tight causality, escalating stakes, and efficient prose. The draft hits those notes. – Harold H.