A nameless four-armed funeral courier steals a murdered king’s ashes and escapes with the accused prince whose crest burns through her wings.

A Prismari thief and the queen she betrayed raid a national memory vault after their shared light exposes a dead monarch’s heart inside the throne.

Widow Meera Kapoor and patriarch Vikram Kapoor must burn down a corrupt Seattle dynasty when evidence suggests Rohan faked his death.

Crisis fixer Sloane Ahn and casino chairman Tae-Jin Kwon hunt a phantom-chip heist while a blackout traps them inside the Elysium Crown.

Doctoral candidate Clara Vance and professor Julian Thorne must sever his academic authority before desire and sabotage consume Obsidian Peak.

Crisis strategist Sloane Vale and hotel heir Vaughn Mercier must survive an armed revolt, a flooded fortress, and the secret marriage that made them step-siblings.

Salvage captain Sela Ardent enters Marakai’s whale-glass palace and hears her dead mother’s heartbeat powering the drowned kingdom.

Siege engineer Amaya Quispe joins rival vampires Ciro and Mateo in an eclipse race carrying the stolen heartbeats that keep their mountain nation alive.

Executioner Samir carries the last syllable of vampire prince Idris’s true name inside his heartbeat as an artificial sun threatens their desert empire.

Condemned oath-forger Elara Quill bonds three civic dragons—and the three rival officers assigned to prove she betrayed the capital.