The Anvil Series · Book One
The Obsidian Eclipse
Available NowThey went looking for an anomaly.
They found something waiting.
The Anvil Series · Book One
They went looking for an anomaly.
They found something waiting.
The Story
THEY WENT LOOKING FOR AN ANOMALY. THEY FOUND SOMETHING WAITING.
Admiral Aric Vance commands the largest fleet humanity has assembled in generations. Their mission is simple: investigate a strange distortion at the edge of explored space.
Within minutes, the fleet is destroyed.
One ship survives.
Thrown into an unknown region of space, battered and alone, Aric and his crew discover an ancient vessel drifting in the darkness — a ship older than human civilization itself.
It should be abandoned.
It is not.
As the crew of the Victorian Anvil ventures deeper into the impossible vessel known as the Obsidian Eclipse, they uncover secrets buried for forty thousand years, a forgotten civilization that shaped the stars, and a truth that could change the future of every living species.
Some discoveries answer questions.
Others change the people who find them.
THE OBSIDIAN ECLIPSE is Book One 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, Adrian Tchaikovsky, and Peter F. Hamilton.
The Anvil Series
What to Expect
Fleet-Scale Space Opera
The largest fleet humanity has assembled in generations, destroyed within minutes. The scale of the disaster sets the tone for everything that follows.
First Contact Mystery
A vessel older than human civilization itself, drifting where nothing should survive. It should be abandoned. It is not.
A Forgotten Civilization
Secrets buried for forty thousand years, and a civilization that shaped the stars long before humanity looked up. The deep-time worldbuilding rewards patient readers.
Survival Against the Impossible
One ship. A battered crew. An unknown region of space with no way home. The stakes are personal before they ever become civilizational.
A Truth Worth the Cost
Some discoveries answer questions. Others change the people who find them. The Obsidian Eclipse is the beginning of a truth that reshapes everything Aric thought he knew.
The People Inside the Story
Protagonist
Admiral Aric Vance
He commanded the largest fleet humanity has assembled in generations. He watched it die in minutes. What remains of Aric after the Eclipse finds him is a man who has to decide whether command still means anything when there is almost nothing left to command.
The Discovery
The Obsidian Eclipse
A vessel older than human civilization, drifting in the dark where nothing should have survived this long. It should be abandoned. It is not — and what it holds has been waiting forty thousand years to be found.
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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