“He is the Emperor of Ashes, ruler of an empire built on blood, sacrifice, and scars. A man feared, hated, and revered—Eryan Kaelveth. Yet when an alchemy error drags a young man from another world to his throne, the stability of his crown begins to tremble. Joshua Bayle is small, fearless, and carries a light that Eryan does not know how to extinguish—or if he wants to. Between threats from an ancient prophecy, conspiracies, and ghosts from the past, two worlds collide, and what begins as distrust and conflict... can change the fate of an entire empire.”