I was born in the ashes of betrayal. A blacksmith scraping by on the edge of a broken kingdom, forging weapons for nobles who wouldn’t know hard work if it burned them. But when a stranger shows up at my forge with a summons to the Bloodbound Trials, everything changes.The gods are watching. They choose champions to fight in their name, to earn power and glory—or die trying. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this... moreI was born in the ashes of betrayal. A blacksmith scraping by on the edge of a broken kingdom, forging weapons for nobles who wouldn’t know hard work if it burned them. But when a stranger shows up at my forge with a summons to the Bloodbound Trials, everything changes.The gods are watching. They choose champions to fight in their name, to earn power and glory—or die trying. I didn’t ask for this. I didn’t want this. But the Trials are my chance to shatter the system that’s kept people like me in the dirt.My patron? Vaelith, the God of Death. Cold, calculating, and relentless. His power is the only thing keeping me alive, but he’s in my mind, in my veins, and far too close. Every glance burns, every command cuts deeper than steel. He’s impossible to trust and harder to ignore.The Gauntlet demands sacrifice. The gods demand blood. And Vaelith demands the one thing I swore I’d never give—my heart.Perfect for fans of A Touch of Darkness and Fourth Wing, Bond of Fire and Shadow launches a gripping romantic fantasy series about a defiant blacksmith and the fearsome God of Death, bound together by a power that could destroy them both—or reshape the world. less
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