“A sprawling epic adventure… weaving together brutal courts, ruthless politics, a wonderful heroine, and a well-developed magic system into a gripping tale… In true epic style, Isla Melysin immerses readers in a wonderfully imagined world of magic, political intrigue, and emotional depth… A standout for readers who love fae, magic, epics, or a superbly written coming-of-age novel with all its complexities and thrills.”

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Morgana is the first book in the Founding Ardaion duology. This is the prequel to the Trident Throne Trilogy.

"Her vision united a realm. Her tragedy inspired an empire."

Across a continent divided by blood and territory, the Fae have endured centuries of warfare, their rivalries leaving them vulnerable to the Human armies and foreign invaders gathering beyond their borders. They are savage, primitive. There are no polished halls, no mage towers or advanced magics. Theirs is a world ruled by omens in flame, hide halls, woad paint, and antler headdresses.

Morgana, a Siren descended from the Binding, believes her ancestors made a promise that her mother has abandoned. The wellspring may be protected, but the people of Ardaion are being attacked on all sides. Determined to honour the spirit of the Binding, she ventures beyond the Mer territories to persuade the scattered clans that to survive, they must unite in common cause.

Among the white-winged Akyists, she encounters Gavric, a warrior whose suspicion of Sirens runs as deep as his devotion to his people. Their uneasy acquaintance develops amid raids, perilous journeys, and the growing certainty that the clans cannot survive the coming wars without unity.

This is the history of the founding of the Fae Courts.

From the world of the bestselling Trident Throne Trilogy comes the story of the Siren whose vision gave birth to a realm, and whose tragedy would inspire an empire.

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Isla has contributed a 19k extended prologue in the Summer Lovin': A Spellwings Anthology collection called Throne of the Sunken Gods: Prologue.

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Foreword

“In every age, there had been predators,” Serena would later say, “but none so feared as the sirens."

Beneath the trees, in the rivers and lakes, in the salt-stung air of the coast, the sirens reigned.

They were not merely beautiful. They were apex predators—Alluring, yes. Lethal, absolutely. Their bodies were born to survive what others could not. They did not learn how to hold power. They were born from it, forged to command it.

Other fae cracked beneath the tides of wild magic. Sirens thrived. They were dominance and yielding in perfect balance, seduction laced with slaughter. They ruled the rivers, the shadowed lakes, the drowned caverns where no other fae dared tread.

Their tribes did not fracture. Their matriarchs were not questioned. Where high fae feuded, sirens bound themselves by ritual, by blood, and by will. A sisterhood. No quarrel outlived their law. No rival withstood their queen’s command.

So when the land began to change—when the wellspring grew wild and unchecked—it was the sirens who came prepared. They knew the scent of death in the water.

Sirens do not fear death.

"WHEN THE SIREN QUEENS CAME TO POWER OVER THE OTHER FAE, IT WASN'T THAT THEY HAD BECOME CIVILIZED. IT WAS JUST THAT THE WOLVES HAD LEARNED TO LIVE WITH THE SHEЕР."

Born into a line of siren queens bound forever to Ardaion's ancient wellspring of power as its defenders, Serena is rejected at birth by her mother, the ruthless Queen Mab. Raised instead by her grandfather, a legendary general, Serena grows into a powerful warrior and mage, trained to command armies and courts alike. As she comes of age, the siren in her awakens, but with no mother to guide her, she fears what she is becoming.

When invaders from a dying realm threaten Ardaion, Serena steps onto the battlefield, unleashing her lethal siren abilities to defend her homeland. But victory demands sacrifice, and devastating loss transforms her into something fiercer, more determined, more dangerous. Bound by blood, magic, and duty, Serena must become the leader she was born to be, even if it means confronting the shadows of her birthright, the ambitions of those who betrayed her, and the brutal legacy of the queens who came before.

*****

Comps: Game of Thrones meets ACOTAR, Stormlight Archives meets From Blood and Ash, Priory of the Orange Tree meets The Poppy War

Keywords: Sirens, Battle Mages, worldbuilding, epic fantasy, empire fantasy, morally grey, wings, fangs, coming of age, friends to lovers, dark fantasy, found family, trauma, matriarchy, subverted tropes

Themes: legacy and duty, coming of age, love and loss, power dynamics, rulership, personal agency, morality, utilitarianism vs. deontology, sisterhood, matriarchy

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