Author Ben Collins

Hey, I wrote a book and would love it if you checked it out!

Intrigue and war wind together, as politics play between domestic enemies even as the armies of the Veltoi Tribes and the Tunulman Republic clash in the field. Ideals are tested by the heart’s ambition, and by enemies too pragmatic to meet in the light of day. And in Xerxia, a tragedy begins its opening act, as the deepest secret of Alchemy is sought by different sides, more ancient foes and the morbidly curious. A war beginning as raids with fire and sword may sweep into something more, and mortal flesh may develop to godhood.

It’s an epic/political/dark fantasy novel set in a world inspired by antiquity with multiple POVs, characters taking thing seriously while others can barely muster themselves to show apathy, esoteric dreams, magic swords, romance, and plenty of cultures and history to dive deep into.

If you like A Song of Ice and Fire, First Law, or the Farseer Trilogy, I think you’d really love A Promise Wrought in Steel.

I just self-published my debut fantasy novel: A Promise Wrought in Steel. It’s the first in a series about grief, apathy, fate, politics, passion, and anger.

It takes place in a world with gods, their consequences, and alchemy, but most of its troubles are cause by armies rather than the mystical. Armies like the legion of Tunulm, which forty years ago inflicted bitter reprisals on the Tribes of the Veltoi. Now an alliance of Veltoi tribes march south against their neighbor, and war and the chaos it brings shall reign in the Republic. And alchemy, the study of change, of secrets, may lead to truths too harsh to bear.

There is gore and violence, and there are allusions to sex and two sex scenes, if those aren’t your thing I understand.