A Crown of Ash
A visceral, unflinching tale of vengeance, exile, and survival.
The law of the north is simple: blood pays for blood. But when the king is the transgressor, justice is a luxury only the strong can afford.
Eirik is a huscarl, a sworn warrior of the northern dales whose life is defined by fierce loyalty and the cold iron of his spear. But when his king violently assaults Eirik's sister, the illusion of honor shatters. Eirik retaliates, splitting the king's skull to avenge his family. Instead of justice, he is stripped of his name, condemned to the horrific execution of the 'blood eagle, ' and thrown into a muddy pit to die.
But the mountain has not claimed him yet.
Escaping into the freezing, high-altitude peaks, Eirik is forced into a brutal exile. He must survive a merciless winter and outrun the terrifying myth of the "kingslayer" that follows in his wake. His desperate flight for freedom will drag him across treacherous ice, into the bloody mud of coastal fishing villages, and eventually onto the perilous deck of a merchant ship bound for the sweltering southern empire of Ostraka.
Stripped of his homeland and forced to fight for his life at every turn, Eirik must abandon the honorable warrior he once was. Because in a world ruled by indifferent lords and ruthless mercenaries, survival requires becoming something far more dangerous.
A Crown of Ash is a deeply tactile, atmospheric plunge into a gritty fantasy world where honor is a lie, survival is a cold calculation, and every swing of an axe carries a devastating price.
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