The Iron Halo
A fallen kingdom, a desperate engineer, and a weapon forged in blood and iron.
- Fantasy
- Historical Fiction
- Adventure
Twenty years ago, Kael broke through Eredhal’s gates, and the war took Aenan’s father. The city rebuilt around the wound: new roofs over burned homes, higher walls over shattered stone, children raised on the promise that the enemy would return. Aenan has spent his life making things hold. Now the warning horns are sounding again. This time, Kael brings five soldiers for every one behind Eredhal’s walls. While the king’s commanders prepare to fight the same war that nearly destroyed them, Aenan unrolls the drawings his father pressed into his hands on the morning he died: plans for a machine that flies. To build it, a quiet stonemason must step out of his father’s shadow and persuade a desperate king to wager dwindling iron, precious time, and thousands of lives on an idea no one believes can work. Making it fly is only the first question. A weapon can be built to shelter a home. It can also teach a kingdom to reach beyond its walls. Sometimes the distance between the two is no wider than a fold.