The ships came without warning and without guns.
They are the Varek'thal — humanoid, ancient, and built for war in a way humanity never was. Taller, faster, stronger, and trained from birth with blades that make Earth's finest soldiers look like beginners. They didn't bomb us from orbit. They landed, walked out carrying swords, and started taking countries.
Forty-one nations in fourteen months.
Earth never invented gunpowder. Never needed to. By 2247, humanity had fusion power, quantum computing, faster-than-light communication, and gene therapy — and still settled its wars with steel, the way it always had. The Varek'thal knew this before they landed. They came anyway. To them, a world taken at blade-reach is a world truly won.
What's left of Earth's military fights back the only way it can: the same way.
Steel & Stars follows three threads through the war's desperate turning point — an infantry private who doesn't know how to stop, a field surgeon keeping soldiers alive against impossible odds, and a tactician who has been staring at a map of defeat for fourteen months looking for the one crack in the enemy line.
This is not a story about the strongest species winning.
It's a story about what happens when you can't make humanity quit.
One year after the Heroes of the Realm defeated the Last Demon, the world should have known peace.
But peace is a fragile thing.
Erik Voller never wanted to be a hero. Power was all he sought, strength beyond any mortal—enough to carve his own path, free from kings and Gods alike. Yet when a hunt for forbidden strength leads him to the heart of something far greater, he finds himself standing at the edge of another war.
A spin-off set in the world of Fate of the Marked. Road to Ellara is a heartwarming tale of journeys, connections, and the quiet strength of an ordinary man in an extraordinary world.
When Harith Broadfield, a retired merchant and humble craftsman, learns that his daughter is set to marry the King of the Elves, he embarks on a month-long journey to the legendary city of Iverithyn to attend her wedding. But the road ahead is more than a path to his daughter—it’s a journey through the vibrant tapestry of the world around him and the people who inhabit it.
With no sword to wield or magic to cast, Harith must rely on his wits, kindness, and the courage of a father determined to see his daughter’s greatest moment.