The Crimson Coil, by Timothy M. Cart, writing as Leo Rián, is an otherworldly, dark fantasy novel filled with intrigue, betrayal and arcane magic set in the ravaged world of Myn. The story centers around Charles Warfield, a lackluster, low-ranking noble living in the hidden kingdom of Zannistar whose life is about to become much stranger, darker and generally more interesting than he would like.
The Crimson Coil is book one of The Warfield Accord trilogy.
This is a unique world with strange things happening, things which aren't readily apparent for a while. What starts out as a book seemingly about palace intrigue, becomes quite something else by the end. Although I sometimes found that proper sounds for otherwise common things were superfluous, Rián's inventive ideas overall propelled me to the end, and left me wishing for the next volume to arrive soon. I want to know what happens next in this world...and others.