
Reyna, a copper‑haired gold‑giver from the Gold Court, is stolen into the Shadow Court by Prince Mazrith—an infamous, masked warrior rumored to rule minds with shadows. She expects a monster. Instead, she finds a wounded prince hiding a devastating curse and a court collapsing under a deranged queen who feeds fear like a habit. After Reyna drags Mazrith from death in the wilds and discovers a secret shrine beneath the mountain, a buried prophecy names her the key. That’s when the Queen invites rival Courts for a deadly games festival—and parades Reyna as the Shadow Court’s champion.
As Reyna learns to fight, ride, and read the dark runes that should be invisible to human eyes, enemies close in: a Gold Court lord who once tried to claim her, a queen who spins nightmares into flesh, and the Starved Ones who want Reyna for reasons older than any court. Secrets ignite—about Mazrith’s mother, a mist‑staff that could tip the balance of power, and Reyna’s own visions—until the final race tears her world open: the prize is survival; the cost is the people she loves.
Court of Greed and Gold is a fast, romantic, and dangerous plunge into shadow‑lit halls and haunted forests where trust is a weapon, truth is a trap, and one human girl might be the hinge on which all of Yggdrasil turns.