Son of the Borderlands
by Joseph Sterk
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Pub Date Sep 21 2025 | Archive Date Feb 28 2026
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Description
What if your hero became your monster?
In the troubled empire of Solantia, old gods stir and ancient powers awaken in bloodlines long thought dormant. Son of the Borderlands is a sweeping adult fantasy of fire and fate, where loyalty is tested by ambition, and love must survive the madness of war.
Lord Guardian Agni Kazirian returns from conquest a hero, celebrated, feared, and dangerously unstable. Beneath his commander's poise lies a darker force coiling through his veins, one tied to the lost myths of a ruined city and an ancient spirit that speaks in madness and blood.
As his power grows, so too does the question: is Agni Solantia’s greatest protector, or its greatest threat?
Duchess Sara Ristana, his betrothed, is thrust into a brutal game of masks and daggers. Promised to unite East and West, she must decide where her loyalty lies: with the man she once admired or the father whose ambitions may consume them both. Her voice may be the realm’s last hope for peace, or the spark that ignites its undoing.
Rich in courtly intrigue, dragon blooded legacies, and mythic power, Son of the Borderlands is perfect for fans of immersive epic fantasy, slow-burning tension, and the fine line between prophecy and peril.
The Borderlands remember what the empire has forgotten.
Read now and let the darkness unfold.
Advance Praise
"Joseph P. Sterk’s novel—the first installment of his Rise of the Dragonlands saga—is archetypal epic fantasy: deeply developed character-driven storylines wrapped inside an impressively grand-scale narrative."
"The story is comparable to George R.R. Martin’s decidedly dark A Song of Ice and Fire series for its brilliantly three-dimensional characters. Also noteworthy is the obviously loving focus on production. The stunning illustrations featured before every chapter, for example, are tonally spot-on and perfectly complementary."
"This is an excellent beginning to the saga, not to be missed."
- BlueInk Review
"Libraries seeking a sweeping epic that paints the world in rich emotional layers of discovery and choice will welcome the opportunity to add Son of the Borderlands to their collections.
On par with the inviting world of Patrick Rothfus and other epic fantasy creators, Son of the Borderlands cements action with moral, ethical, and psychological conundrums to keep the story fast-paced, the protagonist’s evolution believable and wondrous, and the results unpredictable and thoroughly immersive."
- Midwest Review
