{"product_id":"inscribed-in-iron-and-zephyr-austin-c-gregory-9798192538258","title":"Inscribed in Iron and Zephyr: Volume 1: Ashes of the Valley","description":"\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eHe survived fifteen years as a cavalry soldier. Dying beneath his own cavalry was not how he expected his service to end.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eHaruto awakens in another world as an infant, surrounded by unfamiliar magic and a family he has never known.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut his old life is already slipping away.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eNames vanish. Faces fade. Memories disappear piece by piece, leaving behind instincts, hard-earned experience, and one determination: if this strange world has given him another chance, he refuses to waste it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eGrowing up in the quiet mountain refuge of Kestrel Vale, Haruto discovers enchanting-a form of magic that allows him to inscribe intent, mana, and structure into ordinary objects. For the first time, the former soldier finds satisfaction not in destroying something, but in creating it.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen he meets Ash, a young elven survivor with a natural gift for wind magic.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhat begins as an unlikely friendship becomes years of shared meals, dangerous experiments, training, Guild work, and dreams of someday reaching the Royal Mage Academy of Veyrhold.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut beyond the safety of their valley, the world is larger-and far less forgiving-than either of them realizes.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eAshes of the Valley\u003c\/i\u003e is the first volume of \u003ci\u003eInscribed in Iron and Zephyr\u003c\/i\u003e, a character-driven isekai fantasy featuring structured magic, enchanting, found family, adventure, slow-burn character relationships, and two young mages growing into a world that will eventually demand far more from them than they ever expected.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eTheir story begins in Kestrel Vale.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eIt will not end there.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Austin C. Gregory\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798192538258\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 08\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 364\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.81d","brand":"Austin C. Gregory","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49174527344895,"sku":"9798192538258","price":15.99,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/inscribed-in-iron-and-zephyr-austin-c-gregory-9798192538258","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}