J. Michael

Emperor Noko Hulu's word is law. Kings bow to him. Armies fear him. And when he decides that his only daughter Kevi must marry a prince of his choosing, every throne in the empire prepares its move, and one man who is not a prince at all dares to step forward. Adamantus is a fisherman's son. He has no title, no lands, and no allies among the princes who despise him. What he does have is a truth powerful enough to reshape the throne of Tohul, and enemies patient enough to have been waiting for him long before he ever stepped into the light.
A story of betrayal and restoration, of a young empress who refuses the future chosen for her, and of a fisherman whose name the empire will remember long after the conspirators who tried to erase it are forgotten.