He who whispers

The first volume in the romantasy trilogy The Red Dawn, where the struggle for power, forbidden forces, and dangerous desire reign supreme.

Since childhood, Shiroin has lived with a voice inside her – a whisper she calls the worm, which winds through her body and demands obedience. As the daughter of the Grand Emperor, she longs for power and her rightful place on the throne, but the emperor's life stands in her way. To win power, she must convince the empire's ten kings that her gender does not make her unfit to rule.

When the worm urges her to violence, she must devise a new and riskier plan. At the same time, a prophecy of doomsday war looms, and dark forces are rising from the Wasteland. Together with her devoted bodyguard Kiel, Shiroin crosses war-torn kingdoms, where both political intrigue and demonic threats await. On the journey, they are forced to confront their own secrets – and each other.