“Hahaha.” A laughter.... more>>

Umbrum seemed to be like any other… actually, he isn’t, he is the unusual type.
A mage coming from likely nowhere, to join the Esoteric Syndicate, one that did not even have an invitation, who bypassed the formalities by accident, who inconveniently stomped on unspoken rules.
Despite living in troubled times where anyone could enter history, he never did, or perhaps, he was forgotten by the era itself.
Isolated from the world. Why is it so ?

Unfortunately, his true story is one that is untold to people and is deformed as a fiction to scare little children after his death, despite everything, he was not completely forgotten. <<less

They had forsaken his loved ones, his people and took everything else that was dear to him, leaving him to be burned by his own... more>> hate. Yet, his thirst for power and revenge moved a few above. After twenty years, he is back again, a lot stronger than before. Bidding his time, he plans to make his enemies regret their folly. This is the legend of a man who had once been forsaken by the whole world; a man that has nothing else to lose. Read as Malazan cautiously carves a bloody path through the Kingdom of Ceirth to all the way to the Uspetan Empire, leaving behind an everlasting tale of The Terrorizing Conqueror. <<less

With a few things in the dark of one’s knowledge, the Princess Consort Olivia thinks of ways to entertain herself and ends up saving her life in the process. Her maid, taking the fall and dying in her place, the Princess now decides that she can leave her warmonger of a husband and find her father. First things first, she needs to somehow not only leave the palace, but leave her status as a maid…The time of being abandoned was over, now it was time to leave with her good mate, Theo.
The problem was, this vixen ‘Venus’ was giving her too much troubles and delaying her departure too much! ... more>>

Having to deal with the vixen, and having to find her father, she feels that nothing is going right! Luckily, Theo helps Olivia with many things, from as simple as leaving a mark upon someone, to as big as flying far and returning with news…Which sometimes Olivia gets wrong…
Then, unexpectedly, the warmonger makes an appearance…
“Ah, hehe, Your Highness…I don’t know what you’re talking about…”

Set in the same place as ‘Compelled Substitution’. Could be somewhat a sequel.
(Cover from net, I do not claim any rights to it) <<less