Ashes of the Sovereign

Kael Dawnless has nothing to lose. That's exactly what makes him dangerous.

Raised on a farm by a father who never wanted him, Kael has spent seventeen years learning to feel nothing - no fear, no attachment, no weight. When he finally walks away, he doesn't look back. There's nothing behind him worth the turn of his neck.

What lies ahead is another matter entirely.

Drawn by rumors of a sealed creature in the highest mountain on the continent, Kael becomes the first person in history to reach its summit - because the mountain's greatest weapon is showing people what they stand to lose, and Kael has nothing to show. What he finds at the top changes everything. Not just for him. For everyone.

To carry a dying guardian's message across a sea to a civilization that may no longer care, Kael will need more than the peculiar advantage of having nothing to protect. He'll need people. And people, it turns out, have a way of becoming something you didn't plan for.

Ashes of the Sovereign is a fantasy novel about what it means to carry a mission you didn't choose, find companions you didn't expect to keep, and stand in front of something ancient and vast - and simply refuse to move.

For fans of epic fantasy with morally complex villains, slow-burn relationships, and heroes who don't know they're heroes yet.