Blood on Bronze — Anthony Gillis

They kicked in his front door. They took his family and seized his business. Powerful and corrupt, they fear nothing from one young man.

Zakran, vast and wicked city of a thousand thousands, is the center of the world and a dangerous place. All the wealth, all the magic, all the good and evil that men and other thinking can folk do finds its way there, one way or another. Arjun is a skilled bronze smith, and a young man who has little idea how to express himself outside his work. Inina is a beautiful rogue who survives by her wits and shady friends. Bal-Shim is a smiling and suddenly prominent man, loved by rich and poor alike.

Once in motion, some things cannot be undone, as they will all discover. Join them, and enter an ancient world of danger, deceit, bloodshed and sorcery.