Defiant Heart

Steelforged Legacy, Book 3

By: M. Tress

Narrated by: Lewis Alexander, Rozelyn Rader

Racing against time and enemy pursuit, Casey, Maude, and Magnus the Gladewalker Elk have finally reached the lands of the Roaring Mountain.

The fact that they did so only after battling against yet another entitled idiot from the Bronze Fist should come as no surprise at this point.

Now, though, the real challenge begins. The Roaring Mountain clan is known as one the most powerful clans in the entire Nation. Drengr from dozens of other subordinate clans gather in hopes of joining their ranks and bonding with a spirit beast in lifelong companionship.

With a new friend in tow, Casey heads to the heart of the Roaring Mountain to both learn more about this path that might lead him to the strength he needs, and maybe a few old friends as well.

What new challenges lie along the Drengr’s Road for Casey and his companions? Only the gods know, and even then their vision is clouded.

Steelforged Legacy is a progression fantasy, men's romance, western cultivation story that takes heavy inspiration from classic cultivation and combines it with an alternate take on Norse mythology. Even the gods can't always see the future right, and the world it is set in takes advantage of the fact that sometimes, even the Fates can make mistakes.

©2025 M. Tress (P)2025 Royal Guard Publishing LLC

Give the elk the love it deserves

love series so far and hoping the next book be equally good as this one. Everytime make me want more and more

boring

this one's pretty slow and boring with very little action. that is all, better luck next time

magnus is the greatest elk ever

loved everything about this series. If you love norse history and stories you HAVE to read these series!!!!!!

Moooorrrreee!! Give me more!

I really enjoy all of M Tress's books. I am now going to go read the latest release in his Monster Girls in Space series! Can't wait to see where the next book ends up!

I like slow burn as much as the next guy but this is ridiculous

We are THREE whole books into this series and the MC is still having “I don’t need a harem, I only need you.” conversations. The excitement and wonder I had for this story and world are very quickly dying. Massive amounts of exposition and meaningless conversation have slowed the story down to a crawl and are making the series become dull. I’ll give the next one a shot because of the wonder and possibility the first book inspired but if it’s more of the same I’ll probably stop there.