The Hollow Song

Knights channel the Resonance through steel, shaping invisible force into shields and blades. Those who cannot hear the Guiding Voice are useless in war… or so the nobles believe. Soryn Asher was born into a bloodline stripped of its name and crippled by a centuries-old curse. Her ancestors were cowards who chose disgrace over battle, poisoning their attunement and condemning generations to weakness. The world calls her tone deaf. Her father trains her anyway. Not as a knight, nor a hero, but as someone who survives. When Soryn sets her sights on the Academy, and the chance to see a certain scout again, she walks toward a world that devours the weak. Armed with steel, strategy, and lessons in survival from two dangerous parents, she must navigate nobles who wield pride like daggers and enemies who can bend the Resonance like a storm. Because strength is not always loud. And even a hollow song can become a weapon.