Sargassa (Sargassa #1)

An unlikely group of rebels are ready to burn down the empire in the first book in a new speculative trilogy that explores gender, sexuality, and oppression within an empire teetering on the brink of rebellion Told from multiple POVs: a young heiress, an undercover spy, a bastard brother and a fugitive who has history with all three, Sargassa equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution Selah Kleios is twenty-two years old and suddenly one of the most important women in the empires. The role of Imperial Historian is her birthright, something she’s been preparing for since birth—but she was supposed to have more time to learn the role from her father, the previous Historian. In the wake of her father’s sudden and shocking assassination, Selah finds herself custodian of more than just the Imperial Archives, the towering central library that safeguards all collective knowledge of the Roman Imperium and its client empires. There’s... In a world where Rome never fell, an unlikely group of protagonists are ready to burn down the empire in the first of this new speculative trilogy. In an alternate present where the Roman Empire never fell, Roma Sargassaor North Americais under Roman rule, and always has been. And the Imperial Historian has just been murdered. His low-caste son, Arran, and his noble-born daughter, Selah, the new Imperial Historian, are left to pick up the piecessetting them on a collision course with an undercover rebel group who are determined to steal an ancient artifact called the Iveroa Stone, expose the truth behind the so-called democratic society, and overthrow the Roman Empire. As Selah begins to unravel the Stones mysteries alongside her friends and allies, she must decide what to do with a world-shattering discovery: Roma has not always ruled in Sargassa, as the history books say. And if the Roman Empire could be toppled once, whats to stop the Sargassans from doing it again? Equal parts political intrigue, queer romance, and revolution, Sargassa explores gender, sexuality and the racism and classism inherent in the carceral system.