Dust & Stone

For fifty years, the Kethri, a once-proud race of orcs, have lived in chains beneath the mountains.

Bound by ancient silver magic, the warrior clans now serve the elven Dominion as slaves in the mines of Drennhold, their gods forgotten, their language forbidden, their strength turned against them by the very bindings that keep them obedient.

Vorrick has known nothing except dust, labor, and survival.

But when his father is executed for stealing medicine reserved for the ruling elves to save Vorrick's dying mother, something inside him begins to break.

Guided by whispers of the old gods and haunted by the memory of everything stolen from his people, Vorrick learns of a forbidden relic hidden deep within the stronghold of the elven Storm Regent Caelorn Vaeloreth: the Aeluneth, an ancient artifact tied to the conquest that shattered the Kethri generations ago.

As unrest spreads through the mountains, Vorrick finds himself drawn toward a path that could free his people forever...or destroy them entirely.

Because freedom demands blood.

And some sacrifices can never be undone.

Perfect for fans of John Gwynne, Joe Abercrombie, and R. F. Kuang, Dust & Stone is a brutal and emotionally charged dark epic fantasy about orc rebellion, forbidden magic, sacrifice, and the terrible cost of liberation.