A Crown of Ash and Stars

Magic is dying, and the empire controlling its last embers has condemned her as a heretic. To save her found family from a world fading to dust, a defiant outcast must master a forbidden power—an arcane fire that feeds on emotion and steals from the realm’s very soul. Hunted by a relentless enforcer of the old order, their deadly clash of ideals reveals a devastating conspiracy at the heart of the world's decay. Now, the woman branded a destroyer must become a leader, and her greatest enemy may be her only true ally. Can a thief of fire become a beacon of hope, or will her quest to protect those she loves be the final spark that consumes everything?