What price would you pay for survival?

In the besieged city of Ashmark, necessity has become the mother of atrocity. As starvation tightens its grip and the walls grow thinner, Master Ferrous Magnus Thorne makes a discovery that will either save his people or damn them forever: the dead can be rendered into weapons.

THE BONE FOUNDRY presents three interconnected tales of survival, transformation, and the terrible mathematics of desperation:

"The Reckoning of Kings" - Crown Prince Tychus Karathia faces an impossible choice as Ashmark's economic warfare threatens his empire's very existence. When diplomacy fails and conventional warfare proves futile, how far will he go to protect his people? A three-year siege will test not just Karathia's military might, but the boundaries of human conscience.

"The Bone Foundry" - Magnus Thorne's revolutionary magic can turn corpses into soldiers, but corpses aren't enough. As the siege tightens and resources dwindle, each innovation demands a higher price. When the dying volunteer their essence and the desperate offer their children, where does necessity end and monstrosity begin?

"The Prodigal Construct" - Twenty years after Ashmark's fall, Lily-Rose walks the world - a being of metal and memory, powered by the rendered essence of twin girls who died holding hands. When dreams of her origin call her home to the crystalline wasteland that was once a city, she must confront her creator and the terrible truth of what love becomes when filtered through atrocity.

This dark fantasy anthology explores the price of survival when all other options have been exhausted. In a world where the line between salvation and damnation has been erased, where do we find our humanity? And once we've lost it, can we ever get it back?

For readers who appreciate the moral complexity of Joe Abercrombie, the dark innovation of China Miéville, and the unflinching examination of necessity found in the grimdark tradition.