In a land where poetry holds power and fox spirits walk among mortals, one man's quiet life is upended by flame, love, and destiny.
Wen, a reclusive scholar in the waning days of the Tang Dynasty, seeks only peace and the solitude of his inkstone. But when Mei-a wild and radiant fox woman-storms into his life, everything changes. Loud, fearless, and impossible to ignore, Mei disrupts his quiet world, and before long, even his family begins to welcome her strange, fanged presence.
As political tensions rise and jealous forces seek to use Wen for their own ends, Mei reveals a deeper realm of magic, danger, and ancestral secrets. Drawn into a world of ancient fox clans and mystical power, Wen must find strength not in steel, but in story-using the power of ink and word to defy a ruthless warlord and help forge a new peace between races.
Blending rich Chinese folklore with poignant romance and lyrical prose, Foxfire and Ink is a tale of love without pretenses, of fire that heals rather than destroys, and of a man who learns that the strongest weapons are the truths we choose to write.