Dangers lurk in the Kingdom of Mathurapuri. Here, there were only two seasons that mattered: war and not war. After winning the heart of the ruling emperor of the Kingdom, Maharani Maia is revered across the land. A twist of fate puts the crown on her head. With the help of her father, a childhood friend, and a rogue tantric, Maia must learn to harness her powers as Maharani and bring magic, peace, and happiness back to her people. While she rescues an endangered clan of Gandharvas and fights off the invaders threatening her borders, Maia barters the relationship with her own son, to eliminate all threats to her Kingdom, and to be a dutiful Maharani. When a dark doom is unveiled into the Kingdom of Mathurapuri, it threatens to disrupt the balance in the lives of all her citizens. Maia must make a hard choice: her son or the throne. And her choice will change the fate of the Empire itself. This dramatic and thrilling historical fiction fantasy is an engrossing narrative of a seductive world, brimming with myth, legend, magic, and romance.