Blood in the Quarry

The quarry at Greyfall has fed the kingdom's forges for generations. Stone goes down, coin comes up, and the men who work the depths ask few questions. Taren Vale knows the quarry better than anyone. As the lead surveyor, it's his job to follow the veins of dark iron that snake through the bedrock. But when a routine survey reveals a seam of stone that shouldn't exist - black, warm, and humming faintly beneath the earth - everything begins to unravel.
The deeper the miners dig, the more the quarry fights back. Tools snap. Support beams splinter. Workers vanish in tunnels that shift overnight. Mira Ash, a scholar sent by the crown, believes the stone is older than the kingdom itself - older than the mountains. Brother Cael, keeper of the quarry's ledgers and quiet confessions, sees a darker pattern in the accidents piling up. And Lord Halvek, who owns the quarry, will stop at nothing to keep the digging going.
Because whatever lies beneath Greyfall is worth a fortune. Even if it drinks blood. As the tunnels collapse and the stone begins to whisper, Taren and Mira must uncover the truth buried beneath centuries of excavation - before the quarry claims them all. A dark fantasy thriller about greed, ancient power, and the terrible cost of digging too deep.