{"product_id":"the-hollowed-king-thorne-ashvale-9798249638580","title":"The Hollowed King","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eThe oath was the weapon. The loyalty was the key.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eA decade ago, a desperate king made a pact with something ancient beneath the capital - a demonic entity that promised salvation from foreign invasion in exchange for a price paid in human lives. Now the plague marks spread across the kingdom, dark veins climbing the skin of the living, turning them into hollow shells that walk north and do not return.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eSerik was once an Iron Circle knight - loyal, obedient, unquestioning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHe carried a sealed message into the dark without asking what it contained. That message opened the door. That loyalty started the plague.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThree years after abandoning the capital, a dying squire's letter pulls Serik back into the city he fled. His sister is marked. The pact is accelerating. And the only way to sever the binding is to descend into the entity's heart, reach the throne room, and break the crown that anchors the kingdom to its hunger.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe cost of closing the door is the same as the cost of opening it: everything.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003ci\u003eThe Hollowed King\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume of \u003cb\u003eThe Ashen Crown Saga, \u003c\/b\u003e a grimdark fantasy of complicity, corruption, and the terrible weight of oaths sworn without question.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Thorne Ashvale\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798249638580\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 340\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.00lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.71d","brand":"Thorne Ashvale","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":48443184382207,"sku":"9798249638580","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_5b24b065-6fe9-4372-a8ed-caf4a0fccf64.jpg?v=1777202412","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/the-hollowed-king-thorne-ashvale-9798249638580","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}