Blood Forged

By Anne Pickering

In Onareth, power is measured in ink.
The Council governs through Balance-rationing hunger, recording dissent, and reducing lives to tidy columns of law. The bells in the towers hang silent. A silent city is easier to rule.
Kael was forged for battle, not bureaucracy. But when a woman dies begging not to be written into the ledger, he understands the truth: in Onareth, to be recorded is to be consumed.
With Corin at his side-blade-steady and unflinching-Kael challenges a system that feeds on hesitation. Yet the Council unveils something far worse than soldiers: a living ledger that adapts, escalates, and grows stronger the longer the people wait to act.
To save the city, Kael must become more than a weapon.
He must teach Onareth to remember its voice.
And once a city answers for itself, no tyrant can ever Balance it again.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GPVFGN2S
• ISBN13: 9798249417772
• Release Date: February 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 314 Pages
• Weight: 0.93 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 6.0" x 9.0"