A dark, gothic-style scene depicting an old wooden table with ancient books, a skull, quill, ink bottle, and lit candles. In the background, a mysterious castle rises amid ominous clouds and dragons.

The Heartless Throne Series

What if the Wonderland Alice once visited was not a land of whimsy, but the shattered remains of a world long past?

Set a century after the devastating Empath Wars, The Heartless Throne unfolds in a dark fantasy realm ruled unchallenged by the Hart dynasty, Queen and King of Wonderland. Beneath their reign lies a broken history: a magical catastrophe so vast it fractured reality itself, reshaping people into legends, madness into nursery rhyme, and truth into myth.

In this shadowed landscape, familiar figures emerge not as curiosities, but as the humans they once were, the Cheshire Cat, the March Hare, and others whose stories have yet to curdle into folklore. Across courts, cities, and battlefields, the series charts the slow birth of the rhymes, symbols, and insanities that would later echo through the collected works of Lewis Carroll.

This is the story of Wonderland before it became Wonderland.
before the magic settled,
before the madness calcified,
and before a world was lost forever.

Cover of a book titled 'The Crown and the Card' by LJ DeRosario, featuring a dark castle, floating playing cards, and a chessboard with red and white roses along the edges.
Coming soon text with a futuristic glowing neon style on a dark background.
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The cover of a book titled "The Black Card Almanac" by L.J. DeRosario, published by UmbraVox Publishing, featuring gold-colored text on a black background, with a subtitle indicating it is a collection of short stories from the world of the Heartless Throne.

Book One - The Crown and the Card

Book Two - A Court of Jesters

Available August 2026

Book Three - Ethol Stone

Available January 2027

A series of short stories set before The Crown and the Card

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