The Gambit Of Kings

Jack, heir to the Duchy of Ignis, bears the blood of an ancient empire in his veins.



But his magic came late.



Too late to save his mother, who died before his eyes.

Too late to stop the betrayal that took his father's life.

Too late to prevent himself from becoming a puppet—used, mocked, and chained by the very nobles who once feared his lineage.



Now, a fire burns within him.

The only mage alive who can cast without incantation—an ability long thought impossible.

Once a broken boy, now a rising storm.



Jack no longer seeks vengeance alone.

He doesn’t just want to conquer the empire that wronged him—

He wants the world.

To bring it to its knees.

To make them all remember the name they dared laugh at



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