Sent to Exile, Crowned Instead

Second Prince Ethan Walk is framed by his rival, Fourth Prince Noah, and sent away to the distant frontier of Drakefire. Almost as soon as he arrives, an assassination attempt nearly ends his life, and the exile he was meant to suffer begins to look like a deliberate trap. The story follows his struggle to survive a land that has already decided he does not belong, while the royal court plots its next move against him.