Five times a year, in each of the Five Continents of Vhalyria, the Harem Game is held.
An ancient competition blessed by God, feared by noble houses, coveted by the powerful.
Men and women enter as pawns and predators:
he chooses, she accepts.
He captures, she yields.
At stake are lands, riches, prestige — or ruin.
In the Harem Game, every woman brings a dowry.
Every man, the chance to found an empire.
Those who win, shape the future.
Those who lose, vanish.
In this world where love is a luxury and desire a strategy, Aurelian Var Ceshen is a cursed name.
The last descendant of an emperor who dared challenge the heavens, he bears the mark of shame: the two-headed serpent devouring its own tail.
Despised, shunned, isolated by all the great houses… Aurelian has only the Harem Game to rise again.
But even one man can change the rules.
Even a damned name can become legend.
The Harem Game begins.