Fallen Hearts - Elara Kincaid

Timeline & Map Reference: Twenty-Two Years of Fallen Hearts

The reference readers have asked for since book three: twenty-two years of Fallen Hearts chronology, the Stormborn dynastic chart, and the regional map.

Behind the Scenes

Writer's Commentary: Why I Wrote Fallen Hearts

I started Fallen Hearts in a bad winter. What the seven-book saga is actually about, why the kingdom ends in democracy, and why the slow burn was a discipline.

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Iron and Flame is on sale this week only

For one week only, Iron and Flame, book three of the Fallen Hearts saga, is a Kindle Countdown Deal. Fifty thousand soldiers are marching on Aria's kingdom.

Behind the Scenes

Deleted Scene: The Letter Aria Never Sent

A non-canon deleted scene from Iron and Flame: the letter Aria wrote her cousin at the monastery and never sent, restored here from my draft notes.

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The price of trust just dropped

The Price of Trust, book six of Fallen Hearts, starts at $2.99. Aria has the peace she fought for, and now the betrayals come from her own table.

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Character Dossier: Darius Blackwood, Called The Raven

I get more letters about Darius Blackwood than anyone else in Fallen Hearts. Here's where his mask came from, and whether he and Aria really loved each other.

Behind the Scenes

The World of Fallen Hearts: Stormborn, Korrathi, and the Magic Beneath It All

The world behind all seven Fallen Hearts books: the Stormborn dynasty, the Korrathi battle-mages, and a magic system that turned out to be a cage.

Short Story

A Debt of Salt

A Fallen Hearts short story. Early in Queen Aria's reign, spymaster Lyra Ashwind rides north for a missing grain tithe and finds the poison already in the wine.

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The Usurper — Fallen Hearts

He seized Aria's throne and held it for three years. The Usurper's simple ambition versus the real network behind him — a Fallen Hearts character profile.