Gates Of Thiros

by Lili K. Buckley

Overview

Waenia wears a borrowed name, crowned in borrowed blood, raised to serve a kingdom that fears her. She wears many faces to hide the one they dread-the one that surfaced once, before the court, when the power she didn't understand came alive.

"She'd twisted herself into something they could use-then praised her for it. She'd even borrowed Nimara's poise, her courtly grace, her effortless charm. Flirtation had become survival. A distraction. Hearts bruised, whispers spread. Let them talk. Better they saw a girl with a bleeding heart than something unnameable. A queen couldn't be a god. Couldn't be a beast. She had to be human."

But masks crack, and power never stays buried. When forbidden magic awakens in her hands, Waenia becomes Thiros's greatest weapon... and its greatest threat. To end a rising war against Luvian Veskar, the warlord who calls himself a God-King, her father binds her to an enemy prince-hoping to unite their forces against the armies gathering in the west. But Waenia's heart already belongs to Darrion Rhoane-a man bound by duty, loyalty, and secrets that could ruin her.

Yet love and loyalty mean little when gods begin to die, and the Gate of Light-once the world's salvation-has been corrupted by shadows that feed on the remnants of creation. When Waenia uncovers the truth behind the name she bears-the lies she was raised on, and the secrets that could shatter her-she must decide how to go on. Torn between duty and defiance, she must choose whether to save the world that broke her... or remake it.

Product Details

ISBN-13:	9798319695314
Publisher:	Barnes & Noble Press
Publication date:	09/05/2025
Series:	The War Of Nine Kings , #1
Pages:	534
Product dimensions:	5.50(w) x 8.50(h) x 1.19(d)

About the Author

Lili Khachatryan Buckley was born in Armenia, where she grew up immersed in Armenian and Russian classics, memorizing poetry by heart and publishing her first poem at the age of nine. She studied Child Psychology and English at the Armenian Pedagogical University before earning her Master’s in Psychology from Harvard University, a background that gives her characters their emotional depth and complexity. Her debut fantasy series, The War of Nine Kings, blends epic battles with intimate struggles of identity, love, and destiny. She now divides her time between Massachusetts and Florida, where she lives with her husband and children.