The Iron Crown - Book III - The Widow's Throne. The Iron Crown, #3

The realm is breaking apart. Fields rot beneath endless winter. Villages burn beneath competing banners. Mercenaries abandon their lords, and ancient shrines collapse into ash and silence. Under the chained moon, the last great powers of the realm begin to fall. Philip the Mad loses control of his fire-touched dominion as rebellion tears through the marshlands and his armies turn against one another.
The legacy of Malcolm the Great lies shattered, his death unleashing chaos across the kingdom. Noble houses betray one another, alliances crumble, and wolves gather around the carcass of a dying empire. But in the North, a far greater terror rises. The Widow ascends her throne of bone and black silk, unleashing masked Huntsmen, silk cocoons, and ruthless campaigns of conquest across forests, keeps, and frozen villages.
Every conquered lord strengthens her growing empire. Every battlefield becomes another monument to fear. Across the realm: armies march toward hopeless wars forests swallow entire roads famine spreads faster than fire rebellion festers beneath ruined crowns and old kingdoms sink into darkness The Widow's Throne is the darkest and most atmospheric installment of The Iron Crown saga - a grimdark epic fantasy of collapsing kingdoms, political betrayal, ruthless ambition, and the terrifying power that rises when hope itself begins to die.
Perfect for fans of The First Law, Prince of Thorns, The Second Apocalypse, and bleak, character-driven epic fantasy filled with dread and political intrigue.