About Steel Song by Silas Sinclair
They say the Enemy does not rest.
It shows no mercy, mourns no dead, and lives only for war.
To stop the coming ruin, five rival nations have forged a desperate pact to unite their blades and blessings. But old hatred threatens to shatter the alliance. Valdrin wanted no part in any of it. Glory was his brother’s dream, not his. Exempt from service to work in his uncle’s forge, he was far happier smithing metal than swinging it.
But when he steals the wrong item, Valdrin is ripped from his sweltering peace and thrust to the frozen frontlines. Raids in the dark, bitter soldiers, and constant snowfall become his life. At night, the howling wind carries with it the Enemy’s song. As the army’s smith, he learns quickly that steel is needed most where death is closest: broken blades, shattered armor, and fresh corpses waiting to be stripped for parts.
Perhaps the noose would have been a kinder fate.
His only saving grace is the strength earned from years of working the forge, which lands him the role of personal squire to the army’s High Commander. Cold, ruthless, and towering over most of the soldiers, Princess Katria—known as the Pale Wolf—is feared by allies and enemies alike.
And Valdrin is the only one capable of carrying her armor.
Perhaps, in time, carrying her pain as well.
Sprinting through frozen battlefields at her side, hammering steel with bloody hands, and fighting to stay warm at night, Valdrin glimpses the truth beneath the legends.
That knowledge may be the death of him.
