Jeff Wheeler is a Wall Street Journal and Amazon bestselling author of fantasy novels that have sold three million copies, translated into eight languages. He is the founder of the famous digital magazine Deepmagic ("true fantasy and science fiction"). The Royal Poisoner is the first of three books in the Kingfontein series (million copies sold, series is a Wall Street Journal bestseller). The King of Severn Argentine is surrounded by an ominous glory: usurped the throne, destroyed the direct heirs, does not spare dissidents. The Duke of Kiskaddon decided to oppose the king and lost. Now the Duke of Kiskaddon is forced to send his youngest son, Owen, to the king's palace as a hostage. His son's life will depend on his father's loyalty. Trying to find friends and elude Severn's ever-present spies, Owen learns to survive at court. But when new evidence of his father’s guilt emerges, which threatens Owen’s death as well, Owen has no choice but to win the favor of the king - in any way, even the most ridiculous one. And only one person can help Owen in his almost hopeless case: a mysterious woman hiding in the palace and possessing true power over life, death and fate.