Some writers build worlds. Orlan Drake investigates them.

Orlan Drake is the author of The Broken Crown Saga — a fantasy series set in the ancient, haunted realm of Ardanthia, where the line between legend and conspiracy is always thinner than it appears. The series began, as many good things do, with a murder — and grew into something larger and darker than anyone expected.

A devoted reader of myth, folklore, and classic fantasy since childhood, Orlan brings an unusual perspective to the genre: the instincts of a mystery writer. Every alliance in Ardanthia hides a motive. Every act of magic has a cost. And every answer seems to arrive accompanied by three new questions.

Orlan has been rolling dice and building imaginary worlds since the 1980s, and shows no signs of stopping. That decades-long love of collaborative storytelling — of characters shaped by impossible choices — lives in every page of The Broken Crown Saga.

The realm of Ardanthia is ancient. Its secrets are older still.