THE FORGED BLADE

He was just a blacksmith's apprentice. Until the day everything burned.When Warlord Draven's raiders destroy his village and murder his mother, twelve-year-old Jake escapes into the wilderness with nothing but his little sister and a burning vow for revenge. But revenge requires strength—and strength requires training.Taken in by a broken old knight hiding from his past, Jake learns that the sword is more than just a weapon. It is a burden. A responsibility. A promise.As Jake grows from a sarcastic, sharp-tongued orphan into a legendary warrior, he faces enemies beyond imagination—a dragon summoned from the depths of hell, a shadow organization manipulating kingdoms from the darkness, and an ancient goddess of chaos threatening to consume the world itself.But his greatest battle is the one within.Armed with the legendary blade Aurelium, blessed—or cursed—with the power of lightning itself, and surrounded by a family he never expected to find, Jake must decide what kind of man he wants to become.A hero?A protector?Or just a survivor?