{"product_id":"the-crown-of-silver-ash-lucien-daramont-9798249639006","title":"The Crown of Silver Ash","description":"\u003cp\u003eThe throne of Valemere is not inherited. It is earned - through the Trial of Silver Ash, a blood-bound ritual that tests each claimant's capacity for sovereign rule. For three centuries, the Trial has chosen the kingdom's monarchs, and for three centuries, the compact between crown and people has held.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003ePrince Corin returns from four years of exile to find his father dead, the succession accelerated, and the court fractured between rival claimants. When a young Sanctum adept dies during a routine ward test, Corin begins an investigation that uncovers something far more dangerous than political maneuvering: the Trial itself has been corrupted. Hidden sigil layers, built over generations, have been siphoning the strength of rival bloodlines - silently crippling every house that dared to challenge the throne.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNow Corin must navigate a court of knives and compromises, forge alliances that test his principles, and confront the possibility that the institution he seeks to lead is the very thing that needs to be dismantled. With the Trial days away and enemies on every side, he faces a choice no claimant has faced before: claim power through a broken system, or break the system to claim something better.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe Crown of Silver Ash is the first volume of the Valemere Chronicles - an epic fantasy of institutional intrigue, political corruption, and the cost of choosing transparency over power.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFor readers of The Goblin Emperor, The Traitor Baru Cormorant, and A Memory Called Empire.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Lucien D'Aramont\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249639006\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 02\/24\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 274\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 0.74lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.68d","brand":"Lucien D'Aramont","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49172266385663,"sku":"9798249639006","price":13.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-crown-of-silver-ash-lucien-daramont-9798249639006","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}