Of Steel and Blood

The slums of Eral Alora have their own queen: seventeen-year-old Vassa, a brutal swordfighter and someone wanted in the upper town for the crimes of her past. Set on finishing her life in the slums, Vassa could never predict the stranger who appears and fights her, winning a bet that could end with her death.

Until he sees the tattoo on her arm which has a meaning she didn't know, offering her an escape from her own personal hell.

Taking the strangers hand, he guides her away from the only life she had ever known, opening up a new world to her: the world of the Asteri. Vassa is met with power and riches, along with something she never believed in: a prophecy dating back hundreds of years that seems to be falling into place all around her. Then she has a choice: to hide and live, or to fight and look death in the face.