The Foundation of Smoke and Steel: Volume 1 - A Xianxia Progression Fantasy (Ebook)

He left one world behind. The next one won’t let him go.

Daniel Zhou was a quiet engineering student in San Francisco, a martial artist with a fractured past and a talent for breaking systems down to their smallest parts. But one night, the world itself breaks him. Caught in a violent twist of fate, he awakens in a realm of nobles, bloodlines, and gods, inside the body of another man.

That man is Ethan Zhou, the second son of House Zhou. In his first life, Ethan was a discarded genius, betrayed by his brother Caleb and abandoned by his wife Claire. Ethan Zhao was actually reborn and sitting in the same body as Daniel. This time, fate has shifted: Ethan is bound by marriage to Vivian Li, the Ice Princess of one of the Empire’s most powerful families. Caleb, meanwhile, has claimed Claire for himself. Not only have the relationships changed, as well as his marriage, but Ethan relates to Daniel a secret that will change the future for everyone on this new world.

But Daniel isn’t here to replay Ethan’s tragedy. He’s not here to play their game at all.

Armed with modern logic, a scholar’s patience, and a fighter’s instincts, Daniel begins to engineer a new path, one that defies the bloodline politics of the empire. Enemies whisper in the shadows. Allies watch from behind veils. Vivian herself refuses to be predictable. And as cracks spread across the Empire’s magical foundation, Daniel realizes the truth:

In this world of smoke and steel, survival won’t come from strength alone. It will come from building something better and being the hero this world needs.

The Foundation of Smoke and Steel does J.C. Anderson's take on a Chinese fantasy, thrown in with tropes from Korean, Japanese, and even The Philippines storytelling. You can expect massive arcs, lots of action, magic, and even a little romance thrown in.

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