Ante Bellum

When the fae declare war on the Sovereignate, the seven remaining kings decide to play their final and most dangerous card: a demigod imprisoned on an island that exists on no map. To find him, Vance Holtzer, the King of Cérix, leaves his throne behind to embark on a desperate quest. Joining him are Enek, the newly crowned King of Kiros, and Jorern, a wandering archer whose timely intervention saved Vance’s life.

Crossing dirt roads, pirate ports, and stormy oceans, Vance discovers that the world beyond his palace walls is far more brutal than any history book described. But the greatest danger may not be the journey itself. As survival forces them closer and boundaries begin to blur, Vance realizes that certain feelings refuse to bow to the expectations of nobility.

As the trio races into the unknown, an unseen enemy moves the pieces on the board: someone driven by decades of pain, who will not rest until the Sovereignate is brought to its knees.

Ante Bellum is the story of what happens before everything falls apart. An epic dark fantasy about the weight of duty and the limits of how much a person can love before discovering they had been the instrument of their own ruin.

What to Expect:

✓ Epic Dark Fantasy

✓ Heavy worldbuilding

✓ Action increases gradually

✓ Multiple POVs

✓ Slow-burn Romance

✓ Political Intrigue