Steel and Sand: Igniting the Warlord's Empire

Tasmira spent her first life shrinking from the world, manipulated by her treacherous cousin into despising her arranged husband, Zarbek. She even refused to visit the stoic commander on his deathbed, only to realize her folly when she perished in a deliberately set fire. Awaking in the middle of a brutal caravan ambush on their wedding day, the shy but immovably stubborn Tasmira makes a different choice. Dodging assassin blades, she throws herself into Zarbek's arms, violently ordering his vanguard to slaughter their attackers before hiding her blushing face in his cloak. Utilizing her future knowledge of the hidden Sun-Vein crystal mines, Tasmira sets out to dismantle her cousin's faction and secretly build an unstoppable empire for her bewildered, deeply flustered husband. But as Tasmira's rapid economic expansion collides with the continent's separate, terrifying war against the mythical Crimson Scourge rebels, she uncovers a shocking twist: her new syndicate and the rebellion are actually one and the same. Zarbek has secretly been the rebel king all along. Can she forge his empire fast enough to rewrite history, or will the flames of the capital consume them again?