DragonDao

Luis LaLuna fell through the cracks long before arriving at DragonDao.

Abandoned by his mother when he was a child, Luis's life has been a dire symphony of poverty, oppression, violence, and despair. The one bit of light left is dimming now that his adoptive aunt is losing her mind. To afford her care, Luis must compete in vicious, underground fights where there's no telling if he'll leave with a stack of bloody bills or a broken spine.

When his aunt eventually gets trapped inside her mind, Luis falls further than imaginable, ending up in DragonDao, the mystical birthplace of martial arts. Luis unwittingly participates in an induction ceremony for new students and awakens a destructive type of magic known as Blue Fire. Once known to grant astounding abilities, Blue Fire has turned for the worse and is now considered a curse, a time bomb.

With the infamous flame slowly rising inside, Luis is paired with a brawny pacifist, a death-obsessed telepath, and a sensei who's far too busy with her own battle to offer support. Luis must learn to control his fire before it burns himself, everyone, and everything around him to ash.

In a land beset by ghosts, dangerous magic, and unfathomable monsters, Luis might be the most terrifying threat of all.