Whispers of the Storm

By Z.B. Steele

Deal Ends: Mon 5th October

“A dynamic and compelling tale” - Anthony Ryan, author of Blood SongListen to my story, and listen well. I won’t be alive long enough to tell it again.In Usmal, the War of the Gods is over. Peace has been restored, the Archon sits on his throne,and the rivers of blood that tore through the countryside have slowed to a mere trickle.There’s only one stain left to blot out.Redlin of the Wolves—Vanguard, assassin, legend, Reaper—was once a picturesque tale oftenacity and glory. A boy who had been abandoned at the military school of Eilen, Redlin set hiseyes on joining the elite force of the Vanguards, and he joined their ranks through steel, blood,loyalty, and ruthlessness. He turned himself into a weapon. He became a warrior. An assassin. Aguardian.He became a hero.And now, Redlin of the Wolves is being taken to his execution.Bound in chains and compelled to tell his life story to the inquisitor known as Maya, Redlinrecounts the trials he overcame, the events that made him famous, and the deeds done in the darkthat no one knows about. He tells of his rise and his fall; of the abandoned boy desperate to makea name for himself and the hardened killer desperate to be forgotten.Going through his time in a military academy, his training in both blade and the magical systemknown as Shattering—a risky magic system that consumes portions of the user’s soul—love,brotherhood, and each drop of blood that made him known as the most dangerous man in Usmal,Redlin of the Wolves gives his narrative with brutal honesty, sly intentions, and whispers ofsomething both more menacing and more awe-inspiring than Maya may be able to handle.A moody, banter-laced, violent, and poetic framed story - Z.B. Steele presents Whispers ofthe Storm, book one of Song of the Damned.“Abercrombie meets Rothfuss … compelling, grim, and impactful” - Petrik Leo, NovelNotions