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The Sin in the Steel

Van Loan high stakes, dark intrigue, action-packed, coming-of-age debut,
The Sin in the Steel is the first installment in the Fall of the Gods series.

What happens when the the fate of a kingdom is in the hanging on the ability of one girl. Ryan Van Loan's The Sin in the Steel is a stunning debut fantasy. Wonderfully set in a diverse world. This enthralling fantasy features dead gods, a pirate queen, shapeshifting mages, and a Sherlockian teenager determined to upend her society.
Ryan Van Loan, delivers a swashbuckling, high seas, fantasy adventure
A stunning debut, with a Holmes and Watson-esque duo, A teenage revolutionary and her damaged soldier friend. creative vibrant and vibrant world building.

Buc and Eld are the first private detectives in a world where pirates roam the seas, mages speak to each other across oceans, mechanical devices change the tide of battle, and earthly wealth is concentrated in the hands of a powerful few.

It’s been weeks since ships last returned to the magnificent city of Servenza with bounty from the Shattered Coast. Disaster threatens not just the city’s trading companies but the empire itself. When Buc and Eld are hired to investigate, Buc swiftly discovers that the trade routes have become the domain of a sharp-eyed pirate queen who sinks all who defy her.