WHERE STEEL FAILED · WHAT WRATH REQUIRES
An adult epic fantasy series by Aurora Cold
A secret warrior order. A power he must learn to wield.
A hunger he must learn to govern.
01 / BOOK ONE
Adult epic fantasy
Dangerous magic · Tested loyalties · Vengeance
He survives. His companions do not.
Where Steel Failed is Book One of The Old Hunger, an adult epic fantasy about trust, hard lessons, and truths no one wants to face, where telling good from evil is rarely easy.
The story, wherever you go.
A world between your hands.
A place on your bookshelf.
02 / BOOK TWO
The Old Hunger, Book Two.
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03 / THE SERIES
The hunger grows with every taste of it.
The Old Hunger follows a soldier’s relentless search for vengeance, the clandestine order that teaches him to command an unseen power, and the terrible price of wielding it.
In Where Steel Failed, Seraph survives a massacre that leaves his armor and training meaningless. Beyond the Sanctuary lies a world of rival kingdoms, ancient relics, and loyalties he has yet to understand. Beside him are people who make that world worth discovering—and worth defending.
His pursuit of a single killer draws him into a war far larger than his own grief. Strength can carry him through a battle. It cannot decide whom he should trust, what he owes the living, or how much of himself he is willing to sacrifice for the dead.
A saga of hard-won trust, dangerous power, and wonder in the shadow of war.
The series begins with Where Steel Failed and continues with What Wrath Requires.
04 / THE PEOPLE BESIDE HIM
Strength is never the whole story.
What it takes to become stronger.
What it takes to trust.
THE SURVIVOR
The strength to face his enemy.
The wonder to see beyond him.
THE MENTOR
Every lesson asks more of him.
Every mile asks more of her.
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