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A MEMORY OF IRON.

A Memory of Iron is the English edition of La Semilla de Hierro: a self-contained Book I of the Iron and Void Saga, the literary military sci-fi universe by Carlos Donoso. It was published on and is available now on Amazon in Kindle ($5.99) and paperback ($15.99), plus signed printed copies inside Ecuador ($14.99).

Title
A Memory of Iron
Universe
Iron and Void Saga
Series role
Self-contained Book I of the Iron and Void Saga
Author
Carlos Donoso
Genre
Literary military sci-fi / space opera
For readers of
Becky Chambers, Arkady Martine (A Memory Called Empire), Ann Leckie, Ursula K. Le Guin, Joe Haldeman (The Forever War), Emily St. John Mandel
This edition
English (A Memory of Iron)
Original language
Spanish (La Semilla de Hierro)
Length
~415 pages
Status
Published — available now on Amazon (Kindle + paperback) and in print in Ecuador
Published
July 5, 2026
Formats
Kindle ($5.99) and paperback ($15.99) on Amazon KDP; signed printed copies in Ecuador by WhatsApp ($14.99)
Price (Kindle)
$5.99 USD
Price (paperback)
$15.99 USD
Price (print, Ecuador)
$14.99 USD, signed
Lead magnet
Méndez's Ring, canon short story + wallpaper pack

What it's about

In the year 2387, sixteen military and civilian installations go silent in under an hour. Elena "Nova" Reyes, pilot of the Seventh Fleet, watches the map go dark dot by dot and understands that the war has just changed shape.

Who Carlos Donoso is

Carlos Donoso is an independent writer from Cuenca, Ecuador. He started writing the Iron and Void Saga from one image: a pilot looking at a holomap as sixteen dots stop responding.