Kings are not born. They are what's left after the fire.
Prince Julian has already burned his kingdom to the ground. A runaway haunted by failure, he finds his only solace at the bottom of a bottle. But when the sea casts him into a pirate fortress, he finds a new war to fight.
He discovers the last of the Lemurian soldiers, a nation in a cage, petrified by a living death. To free them, he must take up a legendary quest for a cure-the Purple Mint-hidden in the heart of a forbidden kingdom.
It is a path that has broken heroes and humbled gods. To walk it, Julian must do more than survive. He must face the sins that became his teachers and embrace a terrifying destiny that whispers his true name: God of Death.