by MarkScanlon
When black ash begins to fall like snow across the northern lands, it marks more than a change in season—it signals the stirring of something ancient. On the eve of his eighteenth birthday, Adam’s quiet life is shattered by whispers in the night and a power he cannot understand. As tensions rise between kingdoms and the looming threat of war grows, he is drawn into a hidden world of cultivators, forbidden magic, and a ruthless Inquisition that hunts those like him. Guided by a mysterious woman and pursued by forces determined to destroy him, Adam must uncover the truth of his power before it consumes him—and before the world around him is torn apart. In a land where ash falls like snow, nothing remains buried forever.
