The Storyteller True - Mark of Valliath, #0

A storyteller running out of time. A kingdom on the brink of collapse. A search for a world of magic. Storyteller Jinji Wanderlust is determined to find the legendary realm of Shinac to save his world from a dread lord trying to cross over-before a fatal illness ends his life. Burdened with his malady, hindered by a spoiled prince, and pursued by an enemy empire, Jinji and a band of motley fugitives race across a crumbling kingdom to find the Arch between worlds. But even if they can reach Shinac, how can a simple storyteller hope to stand against the devastating evil lurking on the other side of the magical Arch?Previously published under the title Crownless. This is a new expanded edition.
It is the direct prequel stand-alone to the Mark of Valliath trilogy and tells the story of how a certain prince met a certain storyteller.