Zodiac Throne

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What makes a prince? Is it the crown he wears? Or is it the blood he spills to earn it? Leonis, the 18-year-old second son of House Proudmane, was born to rule, yet the stars have turned their gaze from him. On the night of the eclipse coronation, a night to demonstrate the blessing of Leo before the other zodiac House leaders, he fails to shapeshift. With his crown stolen by his elder brother, Leonis faces the same look of disapproval from the king. Accused of regicide, Leonis is cast into the harsh Ashlands with nothing but guilt and a name soaked in shame. All while the King Regulus, who seeks to bind the twelve Houses under his control, feeds his armies with slaves and stolen steel. But the Ashlands are not empty. Among the splintered remnants of the exiled Houses, mixed blood abominations and nomadic wanders hardened by life outside the citadel, Leonis finds both doubt and dangerous loyalty. To some, he is nothing more than a fallen heir, to others a fool chasing the ghosts of his past. Every step is a decision to be made: does he bow to the legacy of the legacy of lies and the supremacy of Lions, or does he carve out a new path in dust and ash? Haunted by his father's death and chained by his own self-loathing, Leonis must forge an unstable and treacherous alliance with the Houses that hate his bloodline, warriors who see him as weak, and companions who merge the lines of loyalty and manipulation. The Zodiac Throne is a dark fantasy of exile, identity, and the cost of hope. It is a place where the feral beast within and the polished halls of nobility clash. Survival belongs not to the strongest but to those who dare to redefine what it means to live.