The Emperor and the Endless Palace

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Across four eras, a courtier, an innkeeper, and a present-day college student each find themselves drawn into dangerous bargains—seduction at an imperial court, a quest for rare medicine that summons something ancient, and a chance meeting in Los Angeles that feels eerily familiar. As their lives fold into one another through rebirth and fate, two men keep colliding with the same irresistible pull, even as bloodlines, desire, and political intrigue threaten to tear them apart. Blending romantasy, queer romance, and time-bending mystery, the novel explores metaphysical recognition, the cost of longing, and whether love can outlast the worlds that try to consume it. With Justinian Huang’s genre-fluid, high-voltage storytelling—equal parts mess, swoon, and shocking turns—this is a sweeping, spicy roller coaster of devotion that dares to ask what love becomes when it’s eternal.

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