FerriticMatrix

Waking up inside the ruins of an orphanage, Alexander finds himself chained and sold to slavery.
A modern metallurgist, trapped in ancient times, watch as he tries to play with the cards fate dealt him.
He will make plate armor, invent paper, build roads, teach governance and many more, as he tries to carve a place for himself.
But how can such things not attract jealous eyes?
The naval superpower- Cantagena,
The unstoppable army of- Exolas, 
The superpower of the east- Adhania,
The mercantile confederation- Sybarsis, 
The religious fanatics- Iyizarid, 
And the ever-present- Barbarians of the Barren Forrest,
All want something from each other.
In this ocean of sharks, follow a small carp as it struggles to leap through the dragon gate and establish a dynasty to outlast them all.

The cover is not mine. If you are the owner of this cover, comment and I will remove it.

Herald of Steel

As soon as Alexander was made aware of the dire economic straits Lady Miranda was in, he had to fight the urge to rudely shout out,

'How the hell do you make a loss on white sugar and glass? They should be more valuable than gold. Even pigs would be able to profit by just selling a few bits and pieces of them.'

The number sounded so low in fact that Alexander even had the urge to go check the Margraves family's treasury for himself to verify Lady Miranda's claim.

The lady however was incessant on her claim, saying, "I'm afraid expenses have been that high, my lord." but then added something that finally brought some logic to her assertion,

"Also, a lot of our gold coins were used to pay your last year's dues. We thought that we could earn them back by shipping all the products. But that clearly did not happen."

It was only then that it somewhat started to make sense to Alexander.

An Unexpected Find