Book 1- Fallen Angles: Ash and Light

In the broken city of Brin, survival is the only law-and childhood doesn't last long.

When ten-year-old Austin Hale loses everything-his father to war, his mother to winter, and eventually his sister to desperation-he is forced to grow up in the shadows of a cruel world. What begins as simple theft to survive soon transforms into something far more dangerous. The darkness itself begins to answer him.

Reborn as Ash, he joins a hidden guild of street children where loyalty is fragile and power means everything. But Ash is no ordinary thief. A rare and volatile shadow magic awakens within him-one that could either save him... or consume him.

Just as he begins to carve out a place in this unforgiving world, his past returns in the form of the one person he thought he lost forever-his sister, Lina. And she's not the only one. A runaway princess with forbidden light magic, a ruthless prince wielding shadows of his own, and a growing war between kingdoms drag Ash into a conflict far bigger than survival.

As light and darkness collide, Ash must make a choice:

Remain the boy who survived...
Or become something powerful enough to protect what he has left.

Because in a world where shadows listen-
Power always comes at a cost.