“Ash is fire’s shadow, but the wind remembers its burning shape.”
In a world where magic flows through every soul, eighteen-year-old Ellis Vane is an anomaly—a dud who couldn’t spark a flicker of flame. Branded “Stagecraft” in a realm of spellweavers, she endures relentless scorn. Cloaked in defiant black, she hides on society’s fringe, bracing for a future dimmed by her impending “Destiny” trial.
Until her palm touches the lifeless crystal orb.
In an instant, light-devouring shadows erupt from her skin—a seething, inky tide. The dormant power buried for eighteen years explodes: a chaotic force that unravels magic itself.
But awakening invites ruin.
Moonlit woods become a hunting ground. A cloaked figure whispers venom, and twisted phantoms claw at her soul. To survive, Ellis must wield the very darkness that terrifies her—a weapon as volatile as it is devastating.
In a world where blood dictates magic, how will Ellis Vane—a soul forged in complexity—define her own existence?
Witness her defiance. Her story begins in despair… and is igniting an inferno.