The Slave Chronicles
The Imkan Empire is a wonderful place to live - if you have enough money. Those who have little face a daily battle to survive and if the money runs out it’s a choice between starvation and slavery.
At least that’s how it was until someone decided things needed to change. Follow the writings of Shahid dir Larson as he tells the story of the unlikely trio who changes the world.
The Ember in the Ashes
When Alina’s father dies in debt, ten-year-old Alina is sold into slavery and is bought by the Count of Coryth-Vitten. Her first hours are brutal as Jayden, an eighteen-year-old servant, pins her to the floor and brands her on the cheek.
Alina is placed under Jayden’s direction, forced to scrub floors using caustic soap, working throughout the night to keep the kitchen fire burning. Alina’s one hope is to find a better, kinder, owner. After a chance encounter with the Duchess of Port Donavon, Alina risks her owner’s displeasure by trying to win over the duchess’s affection by becoming friends with the duchess’s daughter, Raiya. The nobles consider Raiya an odd little girl because her mother teaches her math and science. As a result, she lives an isolated life and latches onto quiet, yet bright, Alina.
Then, one night, Alina sees Jayden kissing a teenage boy in the garden and starts unraveling secrets that could get them both killed. Alina will struggle not just to survive, but maintain her faith in humanity.
Shaping the Flint
Before Jayden came to the Coryth-Vitten Manor she survived the slums of Port Donovan.
Meet Lance, Leighanna, and the world that made her an adversary to be feared.
The Spark that Lit the Flame
While Alina struggled to survive, Jayden found her way to a new purpose.
That purpose would change the world.