Ashfall Reach

A Shattered Worlds Story Every year, the island changes. When the ash begins to fall, Ashfall Reach slips free from one broken world and drifts into another. Forests become wastelands. Cities become ruins. And beyond the safety of the settlement walls, monsters and the restless dead roam the shattered lands. That’s when the gates open. Adventurers, scavengers, and fortune-seekers venture into the Ashlands searching for ancient relics left behind by the dead worlds the island touches. Some return rich. Most do not return at all. Clara has dreamed of becoming a gryphon rider her entire life—but when she fails to secure her place in the Flying Corps, the only way to prove her worth is beyond the gates. Elias has come to Ashfall Reach chasing forbidden knowledge buried somewhere in the ruins of a forgotten world. Bjorn came only to cut timber and earn an honest wage—until the new world brings no forests at all, leaving him with only one way to survive. Three strangers.One deadly frontier. As the Ashlands reveal secrets older than the Shattered Worlds themselves, the three will be drawn together into an expedition that could make their fortunes… or doom them all. And while they search the ruins for treasure, the governor of Ashfall Reach prepares quietly for a far greater threat. Because war is coming. And the skies will soon burn.