Dark Prince

November 1, 1755.In a matter of hours, Lisbon is destroyed.The earth shakes. The sea invades the city. Fire consumes what the earthquake has left standing.Amid the ruins, Sofia loses her family, her past, and everything she once believed in. Alone in a city reduced to ashes, she is forced to survive in a world where tragedy gives rise to something even more dangerous: the emergence of absolute power.As Portugal struggles to rebuild, one man rises from the ruins to shape the destiny of a nation with an iron hand. In the court of King Joseph I, alliances are broken, enemies disappear, and fear becomes a weapon.But when power presents itself as salvation, who dares to see the price behind its true face?Inspired by real events, The Dark Prince is the first book in the Chronicles of Power series—a sweeping saga of ambition, faith, reason, betrayal, and the men who learned how to turn chaos into dominion.Because power never asks permission.It takes it.