Hidden royalty / temple / restoration
The King They Hid
THEY HID THE KING. THE THRONE WAITED.
When a queen tries to destroy the royal line, a child is hidden in the temple for six years. When the time comes, the hidden king is revealed — and the throne is restored.
The Books
READ IN ORDER
Every title in the series, in reading order. Choose how you enter.
The Story
ABOUT THIS SERIES
A kingdom is most dangerous when the true heir is a child nobody can afford to let the throne discover.
Royal blood has become a death sentence. A dynasty is being erased, the throne has been seized, and survival depends upon one impossible secret: a child still lives.
The King They Hid enters the violent succession crisis surrounding the preservation of young Joash, hidden while Athaliah rules Judah and the surviving line of David appears to have been extinguished.
For years, the future of a kingdom must remain quiet. A child grows without being allowed to understand fully why he cannot simply walk outside. Those protecting him live with the knowledge that a careless servant, overheard conversation or misplaced loyalty could end the Davidic line.
Meanwhile, the woman sitting upon the throne has every reason to believe her enemies are dead. Until the doors open. A crown appears. And a hidden boy becomes a public king.
Yet survival is only the beginning. Because a child can be protected from assassins far more easily than he can be protected from power, influence, grief and the expectations of everyone who risked their lives to place him upon the throne.
Reader Promise
A royal conspiracy thriller about hidden identity, guardianship and legitimacy. They thought the royal line was dead. Behind closed doors, a child was growing old enough to wear the crown.
The Characters
MEET THE PLAYERS
Protagonist
Joash
The infant prince of the line of David who survives Athaliah's massacre and grows up in hiding, kept from realizing he is the true heir until six years of silence are over.
Antagonist
Athaliah
The usurping queen who seizes Judah's throne and orders the royal line destroyed, convinced for six years that no heir remains to threaten her rule.
Mentor
Jehoiada
The high priest who hides the child Joash for six years and finally risks everything to reveal him, crown him, and renew the covenant in the temple.
Supporting
Jehosheba
The daughter of a slain king and wife of the high priest, who snatches the infant Joash from the massacre and keeps the surviving heir alive in the temple.
Supporting
The Levitical Guards
The temple guards and captains who surround the hidden king on the day of his coronation, ready to protect the boy and put down the queen's supporters.
Supporting
The People of Judah
A people who thought the house of David was extinct, who pour into the temple to acclaim the hidden king and stand together when Athaliah cries treason.
The World
The Temple
A place of hidden royalty and restoration, where a child is hidden for six years before the throne is restored.
Locations
- The Temple
- The Palace
- The Throne Room
Factions
- The Priests
- The Queen
- The Hidden King
Artefacts
- The Crown
- The Covenant
Terminology
- The Hidden King
- The child who was hidden in the temple.
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