Collapsus The Golden Heir
In the kingdom of Collapsus, where kings are seen as God-Touched descendants of the First King—a mortal who slew a deity—the birth of an heir should be a time of unwavering stability. Yet, the arrival of Prince Leo, born with golden hair but no apparent magic, becomes the catalyst for silent turmoil.
King Reynard, a pragmatic and accessible ruler who has long defied the remote divinity expected of his station, finds his reign challenged not by armies, but by whispers. The powerful noble clans, kept in check only by the king’s strength and the feared power of his loyal cousin, Duke Michael, begin to see opportunity in the prince’s seeming ordinariness. Desperate to secure his son’s legacy and quiet the doubts in his own heart, Reynard makes a fateful gamble: he takes the boy on a sacred pilgrimage to the Tomb of the First King, seeking a divine sign.
What happens within the ancient mountain sanctuary will change everything. The king does not return. Only Leo emerges, alone, clad in ancient linen, his eyes now holding the twilight of ages and his bearing transformed by a solemn, unfathomable bargain.
Told through the eyes of Alistair, the king’s devoted and politically astute right hand, Collapsus: The Golden Heir is a story of love, sacrifice, and the crushing weight of legacy. It explores the tension between divine mandate and human vulnerability, as a kingdom is left to navigate a dangerous new future with a child on the throne who is no longer just a boy, but a living mystery—and the only key to a vanished king’s final, devastating choice.