Princess of Shadows

Once upon a time, it was a tough world for a young princess. What happens to the world when the princess decides to get even?

Aeryn Stonebreaker is the Princess of Shadows, second in line to the throne of the Light, Shadows, and Dark. The singsong her nursemaids give her is, “Gimlé is wide and bleak, Aeryn is small and weak.”

It’s a hard life on Gimlé, a strange world with a red sun that does not move in the sky. Generations before, Aeryn’s warrior-king ancestor, Arthur the Hammer, unified the land and established a detailed Code of governance and behavior. But while Aeryn is a child, obedience to Arthur’s Code is fraying and the kingdom is ripped apart by rebellion and war. She grows up amid the ebb and flow of fighting and the losses it causes.

What is the fate of a young girl in a patriarchal world where a princess is nothing more than a token on the game boards of powerful men? However, this is a princess who stops playing by the rules and picks up her own weapons. What happens then?

Colin Alexander is the pseudonym for Alton Kremer and is a writer of science fiction and fantasy. My first two novels were published by Donald I. Fine, Inc in the nineties. After a twenty-year hiatus (family, career), I returned to writing as a self-pub/indie author. I have previously published four novels this way: My Life: An Ex-Quarterback’s Adventures In The Galactic Empire (2015, science fiction, space opera), Accidental Warrior: The Unlikely Tale of Bloody Hal (2017, portal fantasy, alternate history), Starman’s Saga: The Long, Strange Journey of Leif the Lucky (2019, hard science fiction), and Complicated: The Interstellar Life And Times of Saoirse Kenneally (2021, hard science fiction). Princess of Shadows: The Girl Who Would Be King (2021, science fiction, fantasy) is being released now. I am a full member of Mystery Writers of America and Science Fiction and Fantasy Writers of America. I can be found on the web at: www.afictionado.com, on Amazon at amazon.com/author/colinalexander, on Goodreads at goodreads.com/colinalexander, or on Facebook @ColinAlexanderAuthor.