House Hardy

The Cost of Winter is simple. You calculate what the North needs to survive. You take what's necessary. You leave what you must. You don't look at faces. Robin Hardy has run this calculation for seventeen years. He is good at it. The North survives. His house endures. His family eats. His son does not appear in any ledger. Robb Hardy grew up in the margins of his father's arithmetic — half-northern, half-eastern, belonging fully to neither. He learned early that love in House Hardy looks like survival and nothing else. When the queen dies, and the North begins to fracture, father and son sail toward an island where kings have broken themselves for generations. The cost will be paid. It always is. The only question is who covers it this time. IMPORTANT: Currently, the book is undergoing heavy editing. Tweaking, new scenes. New chapters, deleting old ones. Read on your own risk, because THE CHAPTERS ARE INCONSISTENT.  Already have 30+ Chapters drafted, and over 100k words! Releasing chapters daily!  What to expect: - Psychological Drama Covered in Political Fantasy - Multiple POVs - Graphic violence, gore, and explicit scenes - Morally grey characters, no heroes - Multicultural world with genuine cultural clash. From Scandinavian, Finnish to Persian and Mongol. - Old gods, runes, and blood ritual magic — no power systems - ASOIAF, First Law and Witcher vibes