Norland Rex
From The Book of Vê
As interpreted by Titus Veronicus
In the frozen shadow of the Norzcarpe mountains, where summer itself once died, a bastard brigand claws his way onto a throne soaked in blood.
Cleon Feldric is no noble savior. He is a copper-mugged outlaw with a belly full of ale and spite. When the rightful line fails, he seizes the richest city in the Norlands by murder, cunning, and raw terror— earning the crown not by right, but by the willingness to do what honor forbids.
Yet as Cleon’s brutal reign gives way to his young sons, the fragile peace he forged begins to crack. Old wounds fester. Ancient enmities stir. And beyond the High Gate, a far older and more terrible war awakens— one that will test whether honor is a virtue or a death sentence.
From the savage ascent of a bastard king to the heartbreaking trials of his heirs, Norland Rex is a grim, mythic tale of ambition, betrayal, and the brutal cost of rule. In a world where dragons stir, immortals walk, and justice is decided by iron and blood, even the strongest men discover that holding a throne may demand a greater sacrifice than taking it.
For readers of Joe Abercrombie, Steven Erikson, and Mark Lawrence—Norland Rex is a raw, unflinching epic of legacy and ruin. In the North, only the ruthless endure… and even they may not survive what comes next.
Rare is the man who becometh not what the world insists he be. — Veronicus
