The Three Kingdoms of Kizil, Andolan, and Surx

This fantasy map is for a fictional historical fantasy by Mark Musser. https://www.amazon.com/dp/B088RMB1SZ

The Three Kingdoms: the Sown Seed

For fifty-three days one long-ago spring, the most incredible siege in history raged on. For hundreds of years prior, an empire from the south long sought to conquer northern kingdoms. Yet, a bastion city, standing as a bulwark for over eleven hundred years, defiantly blocked its way. This impenetrable fortress, surrounded by twenty square miles of forty-foot walls, repelled twenty-two previous attacks with hardly a stone knocked out of place.

Yet, the twenty-third siege would be nothing like the world had ever seen.

This historical event, seamlessly shifted into a fictional world, sets the stage for a stirring, quickly-paced coming of age story. At just nine years old, Steffan lost both of his parents to a sickness so terrible it was known simply as The Black. Five years later, in the chill of winter, his town is razed to the ground, destroying everyone and everything he has ever known. Forced to flee to the bastion city of Karastian, the teen is unaware that a young ruler bent on conquest will soon follow with an army of 80,000 violent warriors, weapons of unimaginable power, and menacing beasts seemingly brought up from the depths of Hell itself.

Entering the city broken and burning for revenge, Steffan encounters Anna, the teen daughter of the Grand Duke, and the wise Emperor, Karas XI. Will they be able to mend his shattered life before everything is threatened once more?

Read the story simply for the adventure or use the chapter questions in the appendix to separate fact from fiction and invest in learning some history!