FEATURING:
- Banished from the Castle!
- Humor, Angst & So Much Yearning!
- Villain Redemption Arc!
- Grumpy Wizard x Sunshine Knight!
- Queernormative World!

Spice Rating: ★☆☆☆☆

RAINBOW CRATE EXCLUSIVES:
- All-new Dust Jacket illustrated by @ArcaneGold_!
- Cover and interior design by Rainbow Crate!
- Illustrated & Foiled Hardcase by Rainbow Crate!
- Illustrated Endpapers; one by @HannahElatham, one by @ByFionaFenn!
- Printed Edges by @ArcaneGold_!
- Bonus Art Gallery!
- Signed by the Author!

Synopsis: Orpheus can’t believe it’s come to this. After helping his childhood friend conquer the realm by raising an army of hell-beasts, the befuddled dark sorcerer finds himself banished when the price of his magic endangers the palace. Isolated and betrayed, the feared spellcaster isn’t exactly thrilled when his irritating and handsome rival keeps stepping between him and certain doom.

Ill at ease in the barren wasteland his powers created, Orpheus slowly warms to the charismatic ex-general’s relentless overtures. But as his feelings grow more intense, the former villain struggles with an inconvenient calling towards heroism.

Will dabbling in good deeds get him killed or open the doors to happily ever after?

Rep: mlm, gay mc w/ anxiety, pansexual li, nonbinary sc, queernormative world
CW: fantasy violence, descriptions of blood and injuries, self-harm as a coping mechanism, brief suicidal ideation, death of an animal, mentions of childhood abuse (not sexual), mentions of childhood food scarcity, mention of cannibalism, cursing