Riven Sol was buried alive in Gravehold long before the prison moon began to wake.
Once, he was feared as an Iron Marshal, a commander with power, blood on his hands, and a name the Dominion tried to erase. Now he is Convict-Null, chained beneath a frozen moon, drugged into weakness, forced into the mines, and treated like another broken prisoner waiting to die.
But Gravehold is not only a prison.
Something ancient sleeps beneath the mining shafts. Something older than the Dominion, older than the machine-gods carved into silver shrines, and far colder than the chains around Riven’s wrists. When the lower tunnels split open and a black door rises from the dead moon, the power buried inside Riven begins to stir again.
The Iron Crown remembers war.
The Black Crown remembers something worse.
Hunted by wardens, surrounded by killers, and trapped among prisoners who would betray him for one more day of survival, Riven must decide how much of his old power he is willing to awaken. Freedom may not be enough. Revenge may not be enough. To survive Gravehold, he may have to become the monster the Dominion thought it had buried.
COLD WIND is a dark progression fantasy filled with blood, betrayal, dead gods, forbidden power, magic prison survival, ancient machines, brutal combat, cursed crowns, grimdark fantasy atmosphere, and a fallen prisoner rising toward power in a world built to break him.
Perfect for readers who love dark progression fantasy, epic fantasy, prisoner fantasy, power progression, dark fantasy adventure, grimdark fantasy, fantasy revenge, forbidden magic, ancient god mysteries, battle fantasy, magic prison stories, cursed power, and rising hero fantasy.
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