Ember of the Firewind Clan has spent thirty years as the family disgrace: magicless, barren, and perfectly content to drink and gamble her problems away in the taverns of Cynder. But when she comes home to find her entire family slaughtered, the grief awakens the fire magic she was told she’d never have.

Taking refuge in the hidden stronghold of Raven’s Gate, she meets a snarky shadow assassin, a ferociously joyful light cleric, an ice shaman who becomes her mentor, and a poison wielder whose cold calculation hides something far more vulnerable.

For the first time in her life she has a family, a place where she belongs, and something worth fighting for. But the prophecy she’s about to inherit will ask what price she’s willing to pay to protect it.

• Dark fantasy
• Fire magic
• Found family
• Grief & love