The Blade They Made: A Sci-Fi Epic Where Survival Is Earned in Blood (Seasons of War Saga Book 1) Kindle Edition

In a galaxy ruled by bloodlines and blades, one lowborn dares to break the chain.On the crushing-gravity world of Verdara, Quintis Cassian Voss tills endless emerald wheat fields under twin suns, dreaming only of survival and family. But when a spilled crate of grain condemns his brother, Quint is dragged into the arena for a rigged Trial of Worth — a public execution meant to remind the lowborn of their place.Instead, the farmhand slays a noble champion before thousands.His impossible victory earns him no freedom. The nobility sends him to Velitus War Academy — the elite forge orbiting a dying star, reserved for the second and third sons of the powerful. There, among arrogant nobles who despise him, Quint faces trials that will break most men: hand-to-hand combat under crushing pressure, void boarding actions, and the relentless grind of a system designed to erase him.As war rages against the Noc'Tar — a hive-minded alien swarm of chitin-armored ghouls with 360-degree vision and razor limbs — Quint must decide whether to bend to the Commonwealth... or become the blade they never meant to create.From the blood-soaked sand of the arena to the cold steel of the academy and the nightmare battlefields beyond the stars, one lowborn will rise.The only way through is forward. Read more