Birth of Embers

The World Was Saved. The Cost Was Everything. Addy Swift earned her peace in a flawless, ethereal world after banishing the Faege and saving her people. But that peace shatters when a terrifying new empire arrives in the real world. The powerful Soraedian Empire-driven by a desperate hunger for resources-descends, bringing dark magic and ruthless ambition. Their army swarms Addy's home, taking her brother, Gevin, as a prize for a High Magus obsessed with ultimate power. To save the last pieces of her heart, Addy must abandon the tranquil afterlife and tear her way back to the world she left behind. She must embrace the difficult truth of her power, forge uneasy alliances with fierce skeg, and face down the overwhelming military might now occupying her town. The lines between friend and enemy blur as Addy fights for the life she sacrificed to save. Will her return spark a new beginning, or will her power ignite the very earth into a final, consuming inferno?