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Pub Date 16 Apr 2026 | Archive Date 16 Apr 2026


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'An ambitious and compelling tale of deadly court intrigue and star-crossed lovers'
– Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong, on The Sun Blessed Prince


Can two rulers with power over life cheat death to save two nations locked in war?
From Lindsey Byrd, The Moon Blessed King is a breathtaking, queer, slow-burn fantasy romance.


Elician is crowned King of Soleb. But he’s secretly a Giver, capable of raising the dead, and it’s forbidden for Givers to rule. Despite this, he’s desperate to end the war with Alelune – and will marry Cat, a Reaper who can kill with a touch and Alelune’s rightful King, to do so. But before Cat can challenge his tyrannical brother for his throne, the goddess of Death unleashes a devastating plague on both nations.

With Elician and Cat’s attention on Death herself, Elician’s Giver sister, Fen, is left behind to heal the sick of an uncertain nation still at war. In the face of this new responsibility, Fen must decide what she is willing to sacrifice to ensure Elician and Cat can succeed.

As the death toll rises, and Alelune’s throne hangs in the balance, it’s a race against time to appease the wrath of a god – and the future of two countries is at stake.

The Moon Blessed King is the stunning second fantasy in the A Tale of Two Crowns duology, following The Sun Blessed Prince.

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PRAISE FOR The Sun Blessed Prince

‘An outstanding slow-burn, character driven narrative’
– T. L. Huchu, author of The Library of the Dead

‘Delicious romance and thorny court intrigue keep the pages turning'
Publishers Weekly

Readers have also fallen in love with The Sun Blessed Prince:

‘Really excellent political/epic fantasy with the slowest, *softest* slow burn queer romantic subplot’

‘I absolutely love the magic system’

‘There were plot twists after plot twists, my jaw literally was on the ground for half of it’

‘Made me sob to the point where I had to stop reading for a second’

‘I just loved it’

'An ambitious and compelling tale of deadly court intrigue and star-crossed lovers'
– Lucy Holland, author of Sistersong, on The Sun Blessed Prince


Can two rulers with power over life cheat death to...


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ISBN 9781035046959
PRICE £22.00 (GBP)
PAGES 448

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Thank you very much for providing an eARC! Having read the first one not so long ago, I was very excited to dive back into this again!

The book definitely does not suffer from "the sequel curse", as I loved it way more than The Sun Blessed Prince.

We have Elician and Cat going on an insane adventure to save their countries. Gods, necromancy, plague, what is there not to love?! The language is well structured, descriptive, and I reckon it flows even better than the first book.

You can see/read the ties of the writer with History, as it does indeed repeat itself for those who don't learn from it. Absolutely loved the court politics, and I do hope we get a world expansion, either in the form of prequels, or even side characters lore/standalones.

Miss Byrd got herself in my auto-buy writers list!

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