Blood Eagle

They took his tongue, his song, and his sorcery. Mauled and left for dead in the arena, Arn survives—a broken skáld stripped of magic in the heart of Aquila’s empire. But the northern prisoner refuses to fade. Forbidden blood magic offers a path to vengeance. Each life he takes in the sands fuels his stolen power’s return, drop by crimson drop. Unknowingly, his captors aid his grim rebirth, molding him into their perfect gladiator. Yet every death he deals, every scream that echoes through the arena, brings him closer to the truth: they forged the weapon that will destroy them. Arn walks a razor’s edge between survival and damnation, hunted by the empire that broke him—and the gods who watch his every move.