Heir to mighty gifts of power. Chosen by no fate. Guided by no one. Bound by no destiny. As the world will soon learn.

Talaos is a tough young man in a vast, ages-old city. Orphaned in the teeth of a storm at sea, his origins lie in lands far to the north. A rising gangster on the rough streets he calls home, he lives by his blades. A trail of blood and broken hearts lies behind him and an unknown future ahead. All that is about to change.

His roots are far older and deeper than he ever imagined. His choices will lead farther than he ever thought possible.

This is a preview, a sample from The Storm’s Own Son: Book One, and not a complete novel. It includes the prologue and the first five of thirteen chapters. It covers the first story arc of the novel to its conclusion, but not the full story.