Forged in Blood and Aether[HAREM]

Mason Greer was a simple blacksmith with a simple life-until the Valdoran Empire's war machines crushed his world and murdered his twelve-year-old daughter.

Now, at thirty-four, he's the oldest rookie in the Coalition Army's most brutal unit: the Deathwatch Battalion. Armed with nothing but a modified rifle, decades of metalworking skills, and a burning need for vengeance, Mason is thrown into the hell of magical warfare where Aether-powered artillery tears reality apart and generals fight like gods.

The frontlines don't care about his age. The enemy doesn't care about his grief. But his squad-a group of battle-hardened women soldiers fighting their own demons-might just give him something worth living for beyond revenge.

In a war where magic and technology collide in devastating battles, where survival is measured in hours rather than days, Mason must forge himself into something harder than steel. Because in the Grinder, you either become a weapon... or you become a casualty.

Some bonds are forged in fire. Others are forged in war.