A Shimmering World: Book One of The Shimmering Saga by AC Lowry

Decades ago, the elvish Maqqelli people were nearly wiped from the face of the planet. Those that were left were brutally oppressed -- their culture, their land, their very lives, all ground into dust beneath the boot of the monarchy. Now, one of those very oppressors, Prince Herlen, is trying to make things right. Alongside Em, his newly-promoted Maqqelli guardian, and his soon-to-be-retired bodyguard Bourabon Van Verot, he sets out on a dangerous, and mysterious quest -- finally putting to motion a decades-long plan to reverse the harm he's done.

New Adult • Fantasy/Epic and High • Fantasy/Steampunk, Gaslamp, and Flintlock • Fantasy/Dark • Diversity Representation/LGBTQ+