In Love and War - The First Lotus Knights
It is the year 1985 ET. House Virasana has fallen, the Lotus Throne stands empty, and a bitter succession war has every noble House at arms. In addition, House Tô-Genji and House Medina are locked in a vicious feud over a flood of cheap illicit drugs tearing their worlds apart.
But Prince Li Lan Tô-Genji is as far from the fighting as one can be. Third son of the Duke of Qufu, Li Lan is the family scholar - kept behind palace walls to preserve tradition, etiquette, and history. Brilliant, restless, and quietly furious at a life chosen for him, he steals what little freedom he can.
Sir Wilhelm Grebenstein arrives with a delegation seeking the Duke’s support for the Grebenstein claimant to the Lotus Throne. An expert swordfighter and genuine hero, he is not much taken with the dirty business of politics, but rather with the brilliant and resourceful third son of the Duke…
Then, Sir Said, a handsome Medina ‘pirate’, is taken prisoner and exhibited in the castle of Li Lan’s father before his execution. Saving him would be treason. Leaving him would be complicity. Forced into an impossible choice, Li Lan and Wilhelm help Said escape - the three flee together, lighting a fuse that will reshape the Virasana Empire. Hunted across a realm in upheaval, they’ll have to fight for their lives, for their love and maybe a more peaceful future for all.
A swashbuckling queer throuple romance set in the beloved Virasana Empire universe, this standalone space-opera adventure by award-winning authors Beryll and Osiris Brackhaus blends passion, peril, hope, and humour with just the right amount of heat.
The cover of 'In Love an War'.
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'In Love and War' will be released on September 14th, 2026, and is already available for pre-order on all major retail sites, for example:
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