Debut Novel Renegade coming soon!

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Charlotte Pintilie

“writes dark, emotionally charged fantasy where rebellion, myth, and resilience collide.”

About the author

Charlotte Pintilie

1st class honours BA in Creative Writing

Distinction MA in Creative writing

Charlotte Pintilie writes dark, emotionally charged fantasy where rebellion, resilience, and myth collide. With a BA (First Class Hons) and MA (Distinction) in Creative Writing, she brings academic precision and storytelling passion to her work.

Her debut novel, Renegade — the first in the five-book epic The Legends of Iron Spine — blends grit, defiance, and hope against impossible odds. Drawing on her background in teaching and a lifelong love of storytelling, Charlotte creates immersive worlds that challenge empire and celebrate the strength of the human spirit.

Book cover for Renegade by C. Pintilie, showing a woman in fur-lined armor beside a black panther
Book cover for Renegade by C. Pintilie, showing a woman in fur-lined armor beside a black panther

THE REBELLION BEGINS — Coming 2026

Renegade: Book I in The Legends of Iron Spine

Empires burn from the edges first.

Mercy rots in the midlands.

Where tyranny tightens, legends rise.

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The Legends of Iron Spine

Across the fractured continent of Orbis, tyranny festers and the elements bleed. One girl vanishes into myth, her true name lost—only a symbol remains: Iron Spine.

Born of tundra and shadow, Chaelle Skysong rises from captive to commander, her legend whispered through frostbitten mines, desert barracks, and rebel camps carved into earth and ash.

Alongside Willærd Al’Gaze—an outcast boy haunted by bloodlines and prophecy—they spark a rebellion against the empire of General Vortigen, whose grip chokes three realms.

As the war spreads from the snow-glazed North to the burning sands of Solis, alliances are forged, betrayals bite deep, and the price of freedom grows steeper with every vow broken and life lost.

In a world where names die but legends endure, the rebellion didn’t begin with a person—it began with a story.

And that story is far from over.

AFTER RENEGADE, THE WAR DEEPENS.

Desert Frost: Book II in The Legends of Iron Spine

The rebellion has begun. Now it must spread. Book II — the second instalment — coming soon.

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