Veins of Power - by Mica de Leon (Paperback)

Book Synopsis

The returned gods of Kayumalon are the new currencies of power. In Kayumalon, seed mages are a coin a dozen, but the god vessels are infinite. Kalem, once a simple, awkward germachemical scholar, has lived in the shadow of his father, the Obsidian Datu, all his life. Now, with the power of the earth god flowing in his veins, time is all he has, and he intends to use it to help his father change his country for the better. But politics is a far different battlefield, and despite the problems the country faces now-- invaders in the north, slave rebellion in the south, political instability in the east, blight in the west-- it seems that all these bureaucrats care about is jostling for more power and impressing the king, whose pride and ambition could be their very well be their own downfall. It would take more than a legend, more than a good king, more than a mage, to navigate the treacherous twists and turns of Kayumalon court. Unfortunately, Kalem's enemies also have the power of the gods on their side.

About the Author

Mica De Leon is the author of two novels published by Penguin Random House SEA. Her first novel, Love on the Second Read, is a rom-com set in the Philippines about two Filipino book editors. Her second was Winds of War, the first novel of the Seedmage Cycle-- an epic, high fantasy trilogy. She is a Filipino author of swoony romance comedy novels and epic fantasy novels, and she has won the Don Carlos Palanca Awards for Literature in 2019 and 2022 for her essays on romance, feminism, history, fantasy, and the Filipino identity.