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Green, CJ

 
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UNBROKEN, UNCROWNED — BOOK ONE OF THE UNBROKEN MARK



Lords build thrones. We hold the ceiling. No living being is rubble for another.



On the unforgiving mountain world of the Tor, society is governed by an extractive architectural law: high councilors and merchant syndicates are the ordained keystones, while ordinary working folk are treated as disposable foundation rubble, destined to bear the crushing weight in silence. In the dark drifts of the Iron Ridge, unpaid debt is branded as spiritual sin, default means unbonded servitude, and the greed of the oligarchs devours the very hands that quarry the stone.



When an overloaded ore wagon shatters outside The Broken Axle pub, a dying young teamster gasps out one final plea: save his sister Milicent, abducted into the brutal, illegal labor pits of the Old Granite Quarry.



Grimslam Goldvain—a disgraced dwarven runaway and cleric of Kazgar, god of the slag heap and broken timber—refuses to turn his back. Refusing to let another life be treated as disposable scrap, Grimslam rallies an unlikely crew of battered survivors:



  • Brom Ironhand: A cynical veteran miner crippled by the collapse of Shaft Three;

  • Grok: An immense half-orc quarryman whose quiet arithmetic and gentle spirit protect the vulnerable; and

  • Izzy: A sharp street thief accustomed to counting exits before trusting oaths.



What begins as an impromptu rescue mission unearths an official conspiracy reaching the highest towers of Veladhur: an extortion contract bearing the private wax seal of High Councilman Orin Stonehand, illegal alchemical vitriol poisoning the lower wards, and an unmapped ancient seam running deep beneath the bedrock toward the legendary Heart of the Mountain.



When the quarry’s timber braces buckle and the ceiling gives way, victory comes with a heartbreaking cost—and transforms an impromptu rescue into the first battle of a continental revolution.



Unbroken, Uncrowned is the foundational first volume in THE UNBROKEN MARK, an epic ten-book working-class dark fantasy saga by CJ Green, exploring the enduring power of found family, mutual aid, and the dignity of ordinary labor.

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