The Burnished Ones

To save her brother, she must risk the world...

In the Heartscorch Isles, the magical Kindlings-glowing armoured elites-rule without mercy, while the Snuffed are left to fade in the ash beneath them.

Nariah Horys has only ever wanted a quiet life: her exhausted mother, her twin brother Naroi, and a home that does not break. But when a terrible power erupts from within her, Naroi is torn away-cast into the mysterious realm known as the Locbridge.

Branded a weapon, Nariah is imprisoned in the palace dungeons and sentenced to death. However, an impossible thread of hope is offered by an enigmatic priestess: Naroi can still be saved.

The cost? Everything.

Desperate, Nariah escapes aboard a sentient ship along with a band of dangerous and unlikely companions.

But the Empire never forgets its prey. The royal army is hot on their sails, led by a vengeful general. And the closer Nariah comes to saving Naroi, the quicker she realizes the truth:

Saving him might destroy her-and the entire world as well...

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