A dark, Asiatic drama about taboos, power dynamics and the human spirit. Inspired by lived experience. This e-book was written without the use of Artificial Intelligence and is part 1 of a series. Reader discretion is advised. 16+

In a land to the East, in a time long past, the so-called Royal Flower Boy Program buys and sells adolescent boys for huge sums of money for their looks and other aesthetic talents. Young Natsuki Shigevuur just turned 18 and his mother, unbeknownst to him, is in huge financial debt due to his late father's trade business. All the while, the Empire has been taken over by immense corruption, squeezing the knot ever tighter around people's necks.

What will this mean for Natsuki and his family? Not everything is as it seems in this story. Hidden motives, coercion and highly questionable morals are etched into the fabric of this narrative. The rabbit hole runs deep...