The adventure continues in this sequel to Imperious Realm. Reign of the North Forest is a sharp, genre-bending series about the lengths one boy will go to liberate a society of children on the brink of extinction.
On the planet Eiyesa, the last of the adults have died. Antisenent children remain—people with adult minds, confined to their childhood bodies.
Sergen is alone in the capital city of Mesidus, while the love of his life, Arina, is imprisoned.
Drimys has proclaimed himself King of Eiyesa. His methods of controlling the population are getting out of hand. Sergen is fighting against the king’s injustices of issuing unlawful arrest orders and subjecting citizens to a fate worse than death.
And the king is taking out his grief on Sergen, punishing him and making life difficult for him in the capital.
Sergen must save Arina and help Mesidisians flee the city.
But can he save himself from Drimys’s wrath?
"A stellar second installment of the Reign of the North Forest series. The world-building of this realm is impressive, combining narrative elements of medieval fantasy, gene-hacking thriller, cutting-edge sci-fi, visionary fiction, and more, but it is the character depth and variety that make the novel difficult to put down. All in all, this is a chilling, creative, and captivating next installment of a uniquely genre-bending series." — Self-Publishing Review
*Content warning: Major theme of domestic violence and child abuse (chronic, aftereffects); major theme of discrimination (political, verbal, genocide); major theme of imprisonment and torture (post-incident only, threats, branding); refugee status; plague; mental health (depression, anxiety, grief, post-traumatic stress, hallucinations, anorexia nervosa, suicidal ideation); attempted murder; murder; suicide; death due to natural causes; drowning; missing persons; chronic illness and illness; animal attacks; animal deaths; implied pedophile; substance use disorder; executions; violence (adult-adult, adult-child, adult-Antisenent, Antisenent-Antisenent, violence to self).
