Even villains deserve a chance at redemption—especially the ones who never wanted to be heroes in the first place.

Kaan Mabuz was supposed to bring hope to the world. Instead, prophecy paints him as its downfall. So, he makes a choice—play the villain, shape a hero, and rewrite fate. But when his carefully crafted puppet, Jasper, refuses to play by the script, everything spirals.

Kidnapped by the very hero he created, Kaan finds himself imprisoned by affection, bound by obsession, and forced to live a lie: that the villain is dead, and the hero has won. As Jasper clings to him with fanatical devotion, allies begin to question loyalties, enemies blur into friends, and plans older than kingdoms begin to unravel.

But Kaan isn’t done yet. With kingdoms on the brink, a past too tangled to forget, and an underground rebellion rising, he’ll do whatever it takes to shape the future—even if that means running from the people who would die to save him.

A high-stakes tale of lies, loyalty, and a love that refuses to die, SPES is a fantasy saga where the villain’s greatest enemy may just be the hero who refuses to let go.