Blood & Steel
Stories from a world broken by the collapse of everything digital — rebuilt with muscle, iron, and the stubborn refusal to stay down.
Companion Collections
The short story collections are the foundation — prequels and companion pieces that establish the world before the Ironforged novels begin. Each stands alone. Together, they build a world.
What Readers Are Saying
“Slow burn. Heavy. The kind of book that makes you sit quiet for a minute after finishing. If you like your post-apocalyptic realistic and sad, this is it.”
“What really got me was how much the book trusts the reader. It doesn't over-explain things or force-feed you conclusions. It builds tension through the small stuff — the silences and the impossible choices.”
“Deeply realistic and relatable characters. Each one feels well-developed, with believable motivations and flaws that make their journeys engaging to follow.”
Chapter One — Peri
Mid Spring | 2191.110 · 5:45 | Gate 31 | Kiron Hills Locks
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Character Gallery
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“Keep me moving so I don't get time to notice how alone I am.”
“Nobody manufactures to these tolerances anymore. Everything we've built. Gone.”
“Doing their job shouldn't cost them their lives.”
“You find economic fraud amusing?”
“Last we met, I left you broken and dying.”
“Do you have any idea how difficult you are to point a gun at?”
“When you figure this out, nothing in this world is going to stop you.”
“…”
“And here I thought my day would be tragically predictable.”
“Your men failed.”
Continent of Tanith
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Hamilton Salvage
A free game set in the world of Blood & Steel. Walk out with nothing, salvage what the collapse left behind, and make the long road east to Hamilton. It plays in your browser and saves as you go. It stands apart from the novels.
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The MERIDIAN-4 Terminal
Dispatches from the Blood & Steel universe, received on an old Authority terminal.
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