Heart Master (The Legacy of the Mad King) (English Edition)
A thief’s attempt to prove himself ends with a bonded relic and a war among gods.
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Stealing from the temple of a goddess is rarely a clean exit. In Heart Master (The Legacy of the Mad King), the attempt leaves a thief with more than he intended to take.
An editorial introduction to the book, its premise and the story surrounding it.
Draven wants the respect of the people who already dismiss him. The published premise of Heart Master turns that ordinary ambition into a problem that cannot be walked away from.
He targets the jewels of Nerys, goddess of luck and death. He leaves with his life and a magical gauntlet that bonds to his arm. The artifact carries the spirit of an ancient knight. The city wants him dead. The gauntlet will not come off.
A relic that chooses its company
The gauntlet is not a simple stolen object. It is a bonded relic containing the spirit of Ansalon, an ancient knight. Dragon Street Press describes the book as the first volume in The Legacy of the Mad King series, a world of gods, goddesses, thieves, barbarians, and ancient champions.
The premise places Draven between opposing forces. On one side stands a slave-turned-warlord who has received a divine talisman from the god of conquest and intends to raise a fallen empire. On the other side are champions answering the demands of their own gods. The thief who only wanted to prove himself is now useful to both sides and trusted by neither.
EDITORIAL NOTEA theft that was meant to settle a score instead opens a larger conflict.
First book, established series frame
Heart Master is the opening novel in The Legacy of the Mad King. The series title points to an earlier ruler who led his people to greatness and then to self-destruction. The present story does not require the reader to have already met that history; the volume stands as the entry point.
Nikolas Everhart has described the book’s origin in a short story that began with a sentient weapon from a tabletop campaign. The published work expands that idea into a full-length fantasy novel released in 2023 by Dragon Street Press.
Readers who look for high fantasy built around reluctant protagonists, divine politics, and objects that carry their own will may find the premise useful. This MarketAnyBook feature introduces the title through the author’s published materials and the publisher’s description. It does not present itself as a full-book review.
About the book.
Heart Master (The Legacy of the Mad King) is the first novel in Nikolas Everhart’s series of the same name. Dragon Street Press published it in 2023. The story follows a thief who steals from the temple of the goddess of luck and death and leaves with a bonded relic that draws him into a conflict between gods.
This article is presented as a MarketAnyBook Book Feature based on supplied materials and verified public information. It is not presented as a full-book review.
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