History was never meant to turn this way.
In a world where the equator has always ruled, power, wealth, and civilisation were built in the sun.
Beyond it lie the cold regions…poor, unstable, and forgotten.
Their people are known only as Shades.
Inspector Amara Kone has spent her life walking the line between both worlds.
A Guard in an empire that doesn’t fully trust her, she survives by enforcing laws she didn’t create…in a system she doesn’t fully believe in.
But when a high-profile death pulls her into the heart of the Empire, everything changes.
Because this isn’t just murder…. It’s a message.
A Narrative is spreading.
Fear is being manufactured.
And behind it all, powerful figures are preparing for something unthinkable.
Gather the Shades.
Control them.
Remove them.
As Martial law tightens and the city begins to fracture, Amara is forced into an impossible choice:
Protect the system that gave her a place in the world…
or expose a conspiracy that could bring the Empire crashing down.
At the centre of it all:
A ruthless military commander with a plan.
An emperor who may not be capable of stopping it.
And a truth that could destroy everything.
Because this time…
History isn’t turning right
It’s turning left.
The Unwilling Emperor… a political high concept thriller.
Book one of a three part series.
