Buried beneath a field of shattered glass lies a weapon that was once a man, a soul sealed into steel to stop a war no one survived. She digs him up by accident.She wakes him on purpose. In a world where grief rots faster than bodies and the last ruins of civilization hunt anything unregistered, a desperate scavenger unearths a scythe that dreams in ash and remembers every life it ever failed to save. She needs power, and he needs silence, but when the ghosts of a collapsed war rise again and a lost sister's trail finally resurfaces, the two are forced into a bond neither of them asked for - and one that might break them both. A girl running out of hope. A weapon running out of excuses. A journey that will decide whether a buried soul can still choose who it becomes. The Soul That Slept in Steel - where power is a curse, mercy is a weapon, and every bond exacts its price.

Book I: The Champion of Setermet Meru should have died in the desert. He walked for days beneath a sun that flayed the flesh and nights cold enough to break bone, sustained only by faith and a god who does not answer prayers gently. When the sand finally takes him, it does not kill him. It carries him home. Setermet is a fortress-city raised in blood and devotion, ruled by the Aspects of Kor: living demigods worshipped as fragments of a cruel god of war. The weak are broken, the strong are tested, and faith is proven only through suffering. Meru awakens there nameless, starved, and unrecognized, stripped of the legend he once was. So he takes a new name. A lesser one. But devotion does not forget its own. As Meru rebuilds his body among soldiers and slaves, mercenaries and zealots, he watches the Sekhem - the most perfect of Kor's Aspects - move through the halls like a promise and a threat. Every shared glance is a benediction. Every word from the Sekhem feels like scripture. Meru tells himself it is faith. Others call it madness. When the Champion's Trials are announced, ritual combats where men die to entertain gods, Meru sees not a sentence, but an offering. To be seen. To be chosen. To be worthy again. Even if it costs him everything. The Champion of Setermet is a dark fantasy novel about religious obsession, power, and the terrible intimacy between god and devotee.

Camdyn never wanted to lead. But when his brother is killed and their community falters, he's forced into a role he was never meant to fill. As the Withering spreads, twisting creatures and devouring the land, Camdyn sets out to find a cure. In the wreckage of human civilization, magic has reawakened, and with it, old beings long forced into hiding. Camdyn forges an uneasy alliance with Flora, a tree nymph sworn to protect the wilds, and Saelune, a Sirin haunted by visions of ruin. Together they discover a devastating truth: the Withering is not a disease, but the symptom of a world where the ancient source of balance has been broken. To heal it, they must journey into the Verdant Deep, where salvation comes at a price and the cost of restoring harmony may demand more than any of them are ready to give. **content warning: some (biological) horror elements are depicted throughout the story** __________________ "Camdyn froze. The creature stepped into view. It had once been a large stag, but now it was something else-mutated and rabid. Its head hung crooked on its neck, its coat patchy and matted, blackened with disease and decay. Its eyes locked onto his, hollow and haunting. Even the ground seemed to rot under its tread. He'd seen it before. Once. With his brother. The creature wasn't the same, but the sickness was."

The galaxy is at war! After the death of her Master, Graffias Shaula, Padawan Bryka Acrux finds herself as General Pong Krell's Padawan and Commander. In completion of the Jedi Trials, Acrux is knighted and given command of the 239th Legion, who have gone the entire war without a Jedi. The clones are skeptical of their newly assigned General, and fear that her tactics are similar to the notorious General Krell. Captain Gunner of Able Company has never questioned his loyalty to the Republic, but this new Jedi General leaves him cautious towards the actions of this sudden change in leadership. As the War presses on, General Acrux and Captain Gunner must find a common ground in order to secure a Republic Victory and a safe future for the Galaxy.