The Ashen Vain

A Novel of Brotherhood, Betrayal, and Beasts Born of Grief



In a kingdom cloaked in ash and sorrow, two brothers were once inseparable.

Then the Mourning Wyrm came.



Ruzon Altheryn was only fifteen when his world burned—his home destroyed, his mother taken by a monstrous creature born from flame and shadow. Thought lost, he was raised by the Hollow Flame, a secretive order sworn to hunt soulbound beasts.



Veyrion Altheryn, heir and sword to the realm, joined the Magelords—the very empire that twisted their mother’s magic into myth and terror. Two years later, the brothers are enemies on paper—but haunted allies in truth.



When a young girl is marked by the same ancient curse that claimed their family, Ruzon must confront the Wyrm and the dark truth it hides. Veyrion must choose between obedience and blood.



But the Mourning Wyrm is no mindless monster. It remembers.



And so does she.