James Dreadful and the Beast of Jengwa (The Dreadful Series, #3 coming soon)

The fate of the Empire rests in the hands of a boy the world fears.

When a ruthless betrayal leaves James abandoned and captured by ogres, he finds himself a prisoner in the sprawling, mountain-ringed kingdom of Logres. Taken to the slums of Old Logres—a city of canals ruled by the cunning Eldwar Drool—James is forced into an unlikely bargain: teach the ogre king to read, or watch his friends suffer.

But in the shadow of the Wozigod Empire, nothing is simple. Goblin crime lords, imperial spies, and the mysterious Syndicate all circle Drool’s crumbling domain, each desperate to seize a dangerous prize: an enchanted painting that imprisons the deadliest sorcerer of the age.

As James navigates Drool’s brutal world of assassins, forbidden magic, and treacherous politics, he begins to see the truth behind the ogres’ centuries of oppression—and the terrible cost of their revenge. Yet every lesson he gives Drool may forge the very weapon that could plunge the world into war.

Loyalties will break. Secrets will burn. And James must decide if he is his father’s son… or something far worse.