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The Hollow Crown: Book One of The Crown of Wounds
Paperback
Series: The Crown of Wounds, Book 1
Publisher: Independently Published
Published: Jul 17 2026
Pages: 418
Weight: 1.23
Height: 0.93 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English
THE CROWN OF WOUNDS: BOOK I THE HOLLOW CROWN
Power is never given in this world. It's traded - a piece of yourself for a piece of a broken god, paid in full. No refunds. No exceptions.Wren Veylor was never supposed to matter.
Third daughter. Permanently overlooked. She stood at the edge of her sister's Choosing expecting nothing more than another ceremony she'd watch from the second rank.
Instead, she watched her sister die in front of six hundred witnesses when the ritual turned violent.
And with her last living breath, Wren's grandmother handed her the one thing she had never trained for and never wanted:
a Fragment of a shattered god.
And the political war that comes with carrying one.
Nine Houses rule the Concord.
Nine Fragments of the ancient entity called Vaelith.
One throne above them all, known only as the Thirteenth - though no one still living remembers why.
Now Wren has ten years to master a power that heals as easily as it destroys, survive a Concord that would rather see her fail than confirmed, and outrun a conspiracy that has spent decades killing to keep its secrets buried.
Because she's about to learn that nine Fragments was never the whole truth.
And whatever has been waiting beneath the world for three centuries has just started listening back.
The Hollow Crown is the first novel in The Crown of Wounds, a dark epic fantasy series featuring political intrigue, forbidden power, brutal cost-based magic, ancient mysteries, and slow-burn romance beneath impossible stakes.
Perfect for readers of The Song of Ice and Fire, The Will of the Many, The Shadow of the Gods, and The Stormlight Archive.
Contains graphic violence, body horror, and mature themes. Recommended for readers 18+.
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