The Anvil Series · Book Two
The Arkanar Accord
Available NowThey escaped the Harbinger.
They should not have been expected.
The Anvil Series · Book Two
They escaped the Harbinger.
They should not have been expected.
The Story
THEY ESCAPED THE HARBINGER. THEY SHOULD NOT HAVE BEEN EXPECTED.
Admiral Aric Vance and the survivors of the Eclipse thought they had found refuge beyond the reach of extinction.
Instead, they arrive in a graveyard.
Thousands of wrecks drift in the darkness — ships from different civilizations, different eras, all gathered around a mystery no one can explain. Some of the vessels still carry power. None carry life.
Then a signal begins to speak.
As the crew follows a trail leading deep into forgotten Forgeborn history, they discover that someone — or something — has been waiting for them. Not for days. Not for years.
For millennia.
What waits at the center of the graveyard may hold answers to the fate of entire civilizations.
Or it may reveal why they vanished.
THE ARKANAR ACCORD is Book Two of The Anvil Series — an epic science fiction saga of first contact, ancient mystery, and the price of understanding.
For fans of James S.A. Corey, Alastair Reynolds, and Adrian Tchaikovsky.
The Anvil Series
What to Expect
A Graveyard of Civilizations
Thousands of wrecks from different eras and different species, gathered around a mystery no one can explain. Some still carry power. None carry life.
A Signal Waiting for Millennia
Someone — or something — has been waiting for the crew of the Eclipse. Not for days, not for years. For millennia. The patience of what's speaking is the real mystery.
Deeper Forgeborn History
The trail from the Obsidian Eclipse leads further into the lost civilization that shaped the stars — and further into what it left behind.
Refuge That Isn't Safe
The survivors of the Eclipse thought they'd found sanctuary beyond the reach of extinction. What they found instead raises the stakes of the entire series.
Command Under Pressure
Aric Vance leads what remains of his fleet into a mystery with no clear enemy and no clear ally — only a signal that knows they're coming.
The People Inside the Story
Protagonist
Admiral Aric Vance
He led the survivors of the Eclipse in search of refuge. What he found instead was a graveyard, and a signal that suggests refuge was never the point. Command, for Aric, now means deciding what to do when the mystery is older than his species.
The Mystery
The Signal
Something has been waiting at the center of the graveyard for millennia — not for days, not for years. What it wants, and why it began speaking the moment the Eclipse arrived, is the question that drives the entire book.
The Complete Series
Three books. One epic story of first contact, ancient civilizations, and the price of understanding.
Book One
The Obsidian Eclipse
Available NowBook Two
The Arkanar Accord
Available NowBook Three
The Vigil
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The Author
Rowan Winter writes across genres — psychological thrillers grounded in real law enforcement stories from a father's career, dark supernatural suspense drawn from lived experience, and epic science fiction born during sleepless nights. The Anvil Series is the series that started it all — written before a single book was ever published.
The writing started during a period of severe recovery, as a way through sleepless nights when nothing else helped. It never stopped.
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