Beast Bound: The Peek
In the Ash Frontier, survival is a brutal arithmetic, but for Kael, a new calculation begins when his inert Iron Tag, a relic of his mysterious birth, suddenly pulses with....
In the Ash Frontier, survival is a brutal arithmetic, but for Kael, a new calculation begins when his inert Iron Tag, a relic of his mysterious birth, suddenly pulses with a searing, rhythmic heat. An obsidian carriage, pulled by Iron-Vein Drakes and bearing Imperial heraldry, shatters the frozen silence of his isolated world, bringing with it a summons to the mythical Azure Peak Beast Master Academy. Kael, a commoner with no noble blood or beast-bonding experience, is thrust into a deadly trial: bond with a beast in 72 hours or face a gruesome death. With his foster father's desperate warning echoing in his ears—that the mountain is an abattoir for the unbonded—Kael must navigate a world of predatory nobles and enslaved creatures. Can a boy from the ash wastes find a kindred hunger before the executioner's bell tolls?