The Kingdom
A realm under pressure, where old hierarchies meet a changing reality.
Book One · The Crown and Ledger
The Measure
of Kings
A novel by D. P. Thorn
Power has a price. A kingdom is starving. And one man understands the system.
Discover the bookThe Book
A kingdom measured in power.
Patrick Ó Riain thought he understood politics. Then he died and awoke in another world, an indentured commoner in a barony struggling through famine.
He has no title, no wealth and no influence. But he understands systems. And in a kingdom where food, loyalty and power are running short, that knowledge may be worth more than a crown.
Read moreSeriesThe Crown and Ledger
GenrePolitical Fantasy
AuthorD. P. Thorn
The World
The crown is only part of the story.
Kingdoms survive on food, labour, wealth, loyalty and fear. When those foundations begin to fail, power changes hands.
“Power is not simply possessed. It is organised.”
The Ledger
Resources, incentives and the hidden arithmetic behind political power.
The People
Commoners, nobles and rulers forced to make choices when survival has a cost.
The Author
D. P. Thorn
D. P. Thorn is an author of political and speculative fiction, drawn to stories about power, survival, ambition and the systems that shape human societies.
His fiction explores what happens when ordinary people find themselves caught inside extraordinary circumstances—and what they are willing to do when the rules governing their world begin to break down.
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News
From the ledger
The Measure of Kings
The first book in The Crown and Ledger is coming soon.
Book Two
The story continues. Details to be announced.
Behind the Story
Notes on power, politics and the ideas behind the novels.
Contact
Get in touch
For reader, media and publishing enquiries:
author@dpthorn.com