On Vicious Worlds

Bethany Jacobs’ Kindom Trilogy is a sweeping, character-driven space opera about revenge, power, and the cost of legacy, set against the backdrop of a galaxy ruled by the authoritarian Kindom. Beginning with These Burning Stars (2023), continuing in On Vicious Worlds (2024), and concluding with This Brutal Moon (2025), the trilogy follows intersecting lives across the Treble star systems: Hands of the Kindom trained from childhood to serve as clerics, secretaries, or brutal enforcers; rebels lik