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Burning Embers

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Parts 3
Time 1h 2m

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Forced into a world of violence and predetermined fates, James Ryder must decide the vile decision between vengeance and hope. A painfully human story about the acceptance of loss, the debauchery of men, the amorality that's lives within us all, and the meager embers that rise from ashes. Burning Embers is a high-fantasy novel about the hope that evolves from pain and the struggle of vengeance that weighs on everyone's hearts; it is a story that reveals the natural struggle of morality through a coming of age tale in the wake of war. James' stoic and abundantly ancient surroundings further his sympathy to all of life and how that very empathy consequentially leads to pain and grief. It questions the views of good and evil whilst revealing an antagonist who is deceitfully immoral by fraudulent tales, yet just as human with his motives and relationships. The mythology, characters, and plot of Burning Embers is essential to the duality that comes with all of life; as, if there was no evil then nothing would be good, and all of life would be a fireless grey. 
 
For death looms within the porters of life; winter follows the warmth of summer; flowers gleam from the bodies of our dead; and embers burn by the bark of nature's death. All is connected by the end as it is the beginning. The cruel and ugly live beside that which is warm, and for that they are beautiful.All Rights Reserved

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The Age of Embers.

The Age of Embers. In the shadowed dawn of the world, before mortal tongues sang of sorrow or glory, dragons ruled the skies as stewards of balance, born of flame and memory. Among them, Ignis, the Eternal Flame, bore the wisdom of ages, upholding harmony between sacred fire and the ever-changing world. But where fire glows, shadow rises, and mankind emerged from dust with the will to choose, forging a fragile place in a world not made for them. What began in awe twisted into envy. Reverence soured into fear. And from fear, betrayal was born. Thus fell the dragons, hunted and broken beneath steel and pride. The noble Solis deceived. The wrathful Caelum struck down. And at last, only Ignis remained-her fate entwined with a queen, whose choices would echo into legend. Told in eight short, sweeping books, The Age of Embers is a tale of war and wisdom, of legacy and loss. It is the passing of an age... and the uncertain birth of another. Yet even as the fire dims, one ember endures. A dragon hatchling, Vaelith, born into silence and guided by a lone sage, awakens in the deep places of the world. And with him, a question rekindles: Can fire, once broken by fear, rise in understanding?