The Ashes of Ember Hollow

Thirteen-year-old Tristan Vale has spent his entire life as an outcast in the quiet frontier village of Ember Hollow. Raised by his aging grandfather alongside his only two friends, Lyra, a girl mocked for worshipping the forgotten goddess Nytheris, and Brom, a broad young blacksmith with mysterious strength, Tristan dreams of a life greater than the one fate gave him.

But when dragon-marked soldiers serving the Dragon Emperor Kael'Thar descend upon the village searching for slaves and ancient relics tied to the Godwells, Tristan's world is destroyed overnight.

As Ember Hollow burns, Tristan's grandfather reveals a secret hidden since Tristan's birth:
he is not truly his grandson.

Found during a supernatural storm years earlier wrapped in cloth marked with symbols from an ancient prophecy, Tristan may be tied to the legend of the Last Flame, the one destined to stand against the Dragon Emperor before Vaelrune falls into darkness forever.

After unleashing mysterious fire powers during the attack, Tristan flees north toward the ancient forest kingdom of Sylvaris with Lyra and Brom while Kael'Thar's armies begin hunting him across the dying world.

Along their journey they battle corrupted beasts, dragon soldiers, and horrors awakened by the weakening Godwells while whispers spread from village to village of a boy wielding living fire.

But as Tristan slowly learns to control the divine power awakening within him through the guidance of a mysterious voice haunting his dreams, he begins realizing the prophecy may not be salvation at all.

Because the closer he comes to the truth of who he is...

the more the world begins to fear him.