Salt and Crown: Book 5: Ashes of valecrest

⚙️ What if the system built to protect you was secretly programmed to erase you? Deep beneath the gilded spires of Valecrest Palace, a disgraced prince discovers a terrifying truth hidden within the network's legacy copper lines. The gears of a systematic slaughter are already turning, and the hand pulling the lever belongs to his own mother.

⚔️ In Ashes of valecrest, Ethan Valecrest must abandon his quiet exile to forge an uneasy alliance with his estranged, rebel brother, Liam. Guided by a brave archivist risking everything to smuggle encrypted files, the brothers must navigate deadly automated sentries, high-voltage barriers, and a web of childhood betrayal. Their target is the Sovereign Cipher—a physical key hidden deep inside the Queen’s private solar that holds the sole power to stop the impending purge of the city's lower-tier slums.

📖 This gripping dystopian thriller blends intricate sci-fi world-building with intense political intrigue and dark family secrets. Listeners and readers will explore a starkly divided vertical city, where high-tech elegance sits precariously atop a forgotten, waterlogged underworld of steam and steel.

📕 Step into the dark corridors of Valecrest today—available now in ebook and audiobook formats. Will you choose the cold, calculated order of the throne, or join the chaotic fight for human survival?