The Lion-Runed Empire
The Lion-Runed Empire
When U.S. Special-Forces veteran John Sullivan throws himself in front of a speeding truck, he expects a hero’s death—not a second life. He wakes amid marble pillars, wearing the robes—and bearing the scars—of Emperor Arslan Rûmî, ruler of Asterion, the fabled “City of Light.” The empire runs on shimmering ley-lines and cryptic runes, but its throne is cracked by intrigue, rebellion, and an assassin cult that strikes beneath the moon.
Armed with battlefield instincts, a lion-pommel kilij that hums with sleeping power, and nothing but guesswork about the man he’s become, John must outwit scheming viziers, mend a broken arcane nexus, and win the loyalty of soldiers who remember a very different emperor. Each victory binds him deeper to a realm that isn’t his—and to the women of a forbidden harem who carry secrets sharper than blades.
But mercy is a weapon, and runes answer to will. As rebels rise and foreign powers circle, the “Lion Emperor” will forge an empire lit by justice—or watch it burn under a dusk of daggers.
Portal fantasy meets political intrigue in a sweeping tale of magic, reform, and second chances. Fans of Brandon Sanderson’s Mistborn and Miles Cameron’s The Red Knight will devour The Lion-Runed Empire.