Glowing Ambition

On the sentient planet Tethia, a mysterious anomaly has ravaged the land, aging survivors by fifty years and plunging Maldinia into chaos.

Barron Alarie, a disillusioned architect, sees opportunity in the turmoil. Amid glowing forests and treacherous bogs, he plots to rise to Overseer, wielding power to reshape a decaying enterprise in his image. But as a deadly mushroom infestation spreads and bureaucracy tightens its grip, Barron's ambitions draw him deeper into a web of deceit and danger. Presiding over the fractured kingdom is a malleable Queen with dangerous secrets and her Warden, whose obsession with the glowing phenomena leads him down a perilous path.

As ambition challenges his morality, Barron must confront the price of his dreams and decide if it's a cost worth paying.

In Maldinia, the greatest dangers lie not in what is seen, but in the truths buried beneath.

Perfect for fans of gritty political intrigue, Machiavellian power struggles, and immersive worldbuilding, Glowing Ambition is the first book in the Returnity series.