The Patient Hunger
Overview
A prince brings a woman out of the forest and into the center of power.
She arrives with nothing-no name, no history, no visible threat.
He believes he is protecting her.
He believes he is choosing freely.
What he does not understand-until it is too late-is that some hungers are patient, and some debts are collected in generations.
The Patient Hunger is a literary gothic novel about manipulation without cruelty, betrayal without violence, and power that is surrendered rather than taken. Told in restrained, atmospheric prose, it follows a ruler whose desire to care becomes the mechanism of his undoing-and a woman who understands exactly how long to wait.
As children are born and systems close ranks, the cost of love becomes measurable-not in blood, but in silence, absence, and erasure.
This is not a story about monsters who hide in the dark.
It is about those who learn how to live comfortably in the light.
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Details
- ISBN-13: 9798245201634
- ISBN-10: 9798245201634
- Publisher: Independently Published
- Publish Date: January 2026
- Dimensions: 8 x 5 x 0.53 inches
- Shipping Weight: 0.52 pounds
- Page Count: 234
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