The Armory of the Discarded

In Ardenfall, one public ceremony decides whether your life will rise—or be thrown away. When Bren Mercer receives Disassembly, a skill mocked as fit only for carcass yards and dead things, he is branded useless before the whole city.

Then he discovers what his "graveyard" skill really sees.

Bren can read the hidden fault lines inside weapons, armor, and crafted materials. He can see where things were built to break. And when he finds the same deadly flaw inside official spears—the kind hande...