Exhausted with life, Dakota tries to end his -- only to be saved at the last moment by his friend Terrell, who then drags him into a world of magic and intrigue that's always been right there, hidden beneath the surface.<br><br>Powerful magic users are steadily pulling the planet into a violent war, and evil forces will stop at nothing to take the talismans possessed by Dakota and his newfound family. Dakota soon finds himself deeply in over his head ... with love, with family, with fighting for all their lives.

The Pyre Starter

Watching her die from a disease that rich people usually survived.


This wasn’t just about hating his jerk of a father for walking out when things got difficult. Or for missing child support payments and ignoring birthdays. This was about standing up for himself. It was an injustice, what happened, both to Dakota and to his mother. It was wrong. And having survived it on his own—along with everything else he’d been through over the last year—meant that he didn’t owe that man anything. So what if he wanted to see his son? Good. He hoped their broken relationship kept his father up at night. He hoped it burned and stabbed at him from the inside out.


Chapter 109