The Iron Trial: The Seven Trials of Meridian: Book One

**In a land where virtues shape reality, one man's maps will chart the path to salvation-or destruction.**Cartographer Elias Reed returns to his childhood home to find his estranged father dying and the Golden Valley suffering from a mysterious blight. His father's final confession reveals a shocking truth: seven bloodlines are bound to the land of Meridian through an ancient ritual, and that bond is failing. As sinkholes begin swallowing the Iron Hills, Elias journeys there seeking Mara Ironheart, a master blacksmith whose incredible focus has made her the finest craftswoman in Meridian-but at a cost. So obsessed with perfecting her work, she's blind to her young brother's needs and the community crumbling around her. Guided by a mysterious wolf with silver markings, Elias must convince Mara that her tunnel vision threatens everything she loves. When her brother becomes trapped in a catastrophic mine collapse, Mara must learn that true focus requires peripheral awareness-and that sometimes, the most precise path isn't a straight line. But darker forces are at work. A shadowy figure known as the Blight Walker seeks to twist the ritual for his own purposes, and his agents are closing in. With time running out before the next disaster strikes, Elias and Mara must recover an ancient iron key that responds only to her touch-the first fragment of a ritual that could save Meridian or destroy it. *The Iron Trial* is the first book in the epic Seven Trials of Meridian series, where each book explores a different virtue through adventure, growth, and the discovery that strength comes not from excelling in a single quality, but from finding balance among many. The Seven Trials of Meridian is a series of fables showcasing the practical life aspects of the Art of Life series of books by Travis C. Steel.

• | Author: Travis C. Steel
• | Publisher: Independently Published
• | Publication Date: Apr 02, 2025
• | Number of Pages: 00166 pages
• | Binding: Paperback or Softback
• | ISBN-10: NA
• | ISBN-13: 9798316540907