Thorns of the Bastard is a dark, mature medieval fantasy steeped in cruelty, lust, and vengeance. It follows Cairon Blackthorn, the bastard son of a crumbling noble house, raised as a servant and tormented by his father’s venomous young wife, Lady Isolde. Humiliated, beaten, and treated as little more than filth, Cairon endures a life of degradation within the cold walls of Blackstone Keep. But beneath his silence festers a hunger for power, for revenge, and for the twisted justice only fire and blood can bring.