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Book Three of The Starward Cycle
Queen of the Long Dark
The last star is going out. To save what remains, Isra Vey must cross the Long Dark and bargain with the queen who swallowed the light.
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The Starward Cycle · Reading order
Begin at the first star.
Four stories, one universe. Start with the free prequel or jump straight into Book One. Every cover opens its synopsis.
Prequel
Starfall Oath
The night the stars fell, someone swore to catch them.
Book 01
Ashes of the Ninth Star
A dying star. A stolen throne. One pilot with nothing left to lose.
Book 02
The Hollow Crown of Vael
The crown is empty. Something else is wearing it.
Book 03
Queen of the Long Dark
The last star is going out. The dark has a queen.
Explore the world
The known worlds.
Place
The Ninth Star Ruins
Temples built to worship a star, abandoned the night it began to die.
World
Vael, the Ringed Moon
A moon of storms and rings, ruled by an empty crown and a court that remembers everything.
Stronghold
The Citadel of Ash
The last fortress of the Ninth House, carved into a cliff at the edge of the known dark.
Meet the crew
Heirs, exiles, and machines that dream.
The people (and minds) at the heart of The Starward Cycle.
I didn’t ask for a crown. I asked for a ship.
Starpilot
Isra Vey
Heir of the Ninth House
Every empire burns. I just lit the match early.
The Ashen Prince
Corvin Dray
Exiled Court of Vael
I have counted every ending. Yours is not written yet.
Oracle-mind
Nyx
The Choir
Rules are for people with somewhere to land.
Smuggler
Tamsin Holt
The Free Moons
Free prequel novella
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About the author
Rowan Vale writes stories about the dark between stars.
Rowan grew up under unusually clear skies and never stopped looking up. Before writing full time, she taught astronomy to people who would rather have been reading fantasy. The Starward Cycle is where those two halves finally met.
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