Steel and Spark

THEY FORGED HIM INTO STEEL.THEY NEVER SAW THE SPARK.On the unforgiving northern frontier, civilization survives only where the roads hold. Beyond them, the wilderness doesn't just kill - it hunts.When creatures breach the walls of his village, ten-year-old Sten watches his sister die protecting him. Consumed by guilt, he gives himself to the Wardens - the only force standing between the frontier and the dark.They promise to make him strong. They deliver. But their training reshapes more than skill, and the boy who felt too much is becoming stone.Some fires don't stay buried.A dark fantasy about trauma, transformation, and the price of becoming what you need to survive.For readers who enjoy Joe Abercrombie, Robin Hobb, Anthony Ryan and Mark Lawrence.