The Bronze Smith of Ugarit

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In the sweltering workshops of Ugarit, master smith Elidur has spent a lifetime coaxing strength from copper and tin, forging the axes and spearheads that guard a fragile city-state caught between the Hittite and Egyptian empires. But when a royal scribe seizes his materials and drags him before the High Commander, Elidur learns that the palace demands more than weapons—it requires a masterpiece. Tasked with casting a ceremonial sword for the Great King of the Hittites in a mere three weeks, Elidur must navigate a crucible of court intrigue where the metal isn't the only thing being tested for impurities.

With the tin supply strangled, foreign smiths sabotaging the royal armory, and Sea Peoples' sails darkening the horizon, Elidur discovers the blade he's been ordered to forge is a pawn in a conspiracy that could topple Ugarit's throne. As the Feast of Baal approaches, the smith realizes his apprentice, his livelihood, and his life hang on a single, perfect pour—one that forces him to choose between the safety of obedience and the danger of truth.

Rich with the clang of hammer on anvil, the sulfurous breath of the furnace, and the treacherous currents of Late Bronze Age geopolitics, *The Bronze Smith of Ugarit* immerses you in a world where a craftsman's skill is the only bulwark against chaos. For readers who crave historical fiction forged with the precision of a masterwork blade—where every political maneuver rings as true as tempered bronze—this is a novel that doesn't just recreate the past; it makes you feel the heat.