The fortress gate of Ashkar had never failed in four hundred years. Not during wars. Not during sieges. Not during earthquakes. Not even during the Great Winter…

The royal forge of Ashkar was a place where mountains learned to fear fire. Built deep within the heart of Blackfang Mountain, the forge never slept. Rivers…

The arena was built to break monsters. But on the day the dragon bowed, the kingdom learned it had been breaking the wrong thing all along. The…

The Boy Froze the Entire Arena With One Touch. The Dragon Was Never Behind Him. The first snowflake fell before the boy touched the ground. No one…

The first thing the boy learned about the sea was that it never cared who you were. Kings drowned. Pirates drowned. Heroes drowned. And forgotten children drowned…

The dragon was dying long before the boy found it. The sea knew it first. The Atlantic winds carried the scent of blood across the northern cliffs…

Rain hammered the mountains of Ashkar like a thousand arrows from the sky. Lightning flashed across the broken peaks. Thunder shook the ancient world. And deep beneath…

The princess did not scream when the bridge collapsed. Everyone else did. Soldiers shouted. Nobles cried out. Guards stumbled backward as the ancient stone bridge split beneath…

The first thing Prince Kael noticed was fear. Not his own. Everyone else’s. Thousands of people filled the grand arena of Ashkar. They had been laughing only…