For Scales Alone

<p>They say the small survive by staying unseen. Jed is done being small.</p><p>Grayhaven runs on smoke and sea-coal on work songs hummed by the folk no one sees. Jed-kobold runner tool-hand-knows every crack in the city's stone. When a Blackenguard purge turns his life to ash he breaks the oldest rule: <em>keep your head down.</em></p><p>Names surface in the soot. One name burns brighter than the rest-Veynar<strong>.</strong> To reach him Jed will have to live where the big folk hunt: alleys and gallows markets that grind the small into feedstock. With quick hands sharper tools and the city's shadows for cover he begins to tip the balance.</p><p><em>For Scales Alone</em> is a grim fast-moving fantasy about debt and justice-where the law weighs nothing and scales can be forced.</p><p>Perfect for readers of grimdark fantasy kobold misfits and anyone who wonders what happens when the smallest strike back.</p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(0 0 0 0.87)>Indies Today 2026 Second Runner Up Urban Fantasy</span></p>