A Lullaby of Sand and Silver - [Cozy but Dangerous Fantasy + Coming-of-Age + Character-Driven] STUBBING SEP 30

STUBBING SEPTEMBER 30 — READ IT FREE WHILE IT LASTS The Royal Road version of this novel will be removed on October 1, 2026, ahead of its official publication on November 10, 2026. OF SAND AND SILVER Book One: A Lullaby of Thieves and Tea Royal Road Schedule: Monday, Wednesday, and Friday through September 30 Preorder, Follow, or Join the ARC Official Website:https://lucianteinar.com/ Preorder on Amazon:https://www.royalroad.com/amazon/B0HH94TZQD Add It on Goodreads:https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/258058078-a-lullaby-of-thieves-and-tea Apply for a Free Digital ARC:https://forms.gle/Nayj2sz2dG3K8Rd69 ARC reviews are appreciated but never required. Regular fantasy readers and first-time ARC readers are welcome to apply. Softness gets you killed. Azhra learned that before the contract that cost her an eye. Azhra, a young Azqára assassin, survives by striking first and trusting no one. But when a job goes wrong, she flees into the wilderness wounded, half-blind, and clinging to the only thing she has left: her mother’s lullaby. The wizard Ithráin finds her and offers the one thing Azhra fears more than violence: kindness. Under his care, she becomes his apprentice and begins building a life she never expected to have. Then the Vault within the Archive of Wissenheim is breached. Something ancient is stolen—and something far more dangerous binds itself to Azhra’s blood. Tazhār al-Qaṭʿ, the Weapon of Severance, grants her extraordinary power under one brutal law: use it for cruelty, vanity, or vengeance alone, and it will consume her from within. With rival Sages, hidden factions, and dangerous relics circling the Archive’s secrets, Azhra must learn to control the weapon before the instincts that kept her alive become the reason she destroys herself. A Lullaby of Thieves and Tea is the first novel in the Of Sand and Silver saga—a cozy-but-dangerous high-fantasy adventure about found family, ancient relics, living weapons, and a feral girl discovering that survival and living are not the same thing. The Of Sand and Silver Saga Book One: A Lullaby of Thieves and Tea Book Two: A Ballad of Storms and Salt Book Three: A March of Pilgrims and Phantoms Book Four: A Waltz of Sand & Silver More journeys—and considerably more trouble—to follow. Genres and Themes Cozy-but-dangerous fantasy High and epic fantasy adventure Character-driven journey fantasy Found family Coming of age Mentor-and-apprentice relationship Thieves, rogues, and morally complicated characters Castlepunk and solarpunk worldbuilding Clockwork, solar, and runic magitech Structured Aether magic Ancient ruins, cursed artifacts, and forgotten mysteries Emotional healing and learning to trust What to Expect A young assassin who insists she is “fine” while bleeding everywhere An ancient wizard who runs on herbal tea, patience, and impossible magic A mentor-and-apprentice bond that becomes a family one argument at a time Long journeys on foot, by boat, by horse, and eventually by airship Quiet campfire conversations after everyone spends the day screaming Clockwork knights, sun-powered cities, grown-wood buildings, river markets, desert caravans, and sky-guild ports Thaumaturgy, glyphs, wards, sun-runes, and other forms of Aether craft Small jobs that develop an alarming habit of becoming large disasters Ancient relics, sealed Vaults, rival Sages, and living weapons with opinions Trust issues, trauma, emotional breakthroughs, and stew of questionable legality Fights, flight, mild arson, and at least one pirate-fleet problem No world-saving prophecy—just people helping whoever happens to be standing in front of them The wonder and melancholy of Frieren, Witch Hat Atelier, and Studio Ghibli—but with more knives The story balances warmth, food, tea, humor, and found family with the genuine danger and larger scope of high fantasy. It is cozy, but it is not entirely low-stakes.