The Monsoon Throne

A half-blind quarrier's son carves his way into the sacred precincts of the Khmer Empire—only to lose everything when he dares love a woman consecrated to the gods. Exiled to the frontier, enslaved by Siamese raiders, and forged by decades of war and cunning, Sovann Ratanak returns to an Angkor fracturing from within. Now he must choose between the woman who still commands his heart and the empire whose stones still bear his name. Set against the twilight of one of history's greatest civilizations, this is a sweeping tale of art, ambition, and the ruins we leave behind.