All it takes is one ember to fuel a fire. Ember Nightsglow has led a fairly normal life up until now. Or as normal a life she can as the next in line to be clan elder. And then an old enemy reemerges. The Grenlu, a barbaric and brutal, beastlike race from the north. Ember's life is turned upside down in a single morning, when she witnesses the Grenlu overrun her village and capture her parents. Now, it a race against time, to find allies, track the Grenlu, and save her people. Xander's a spoiled and arrogant young prince with a chip on his shoulder. When his father, the King of Sinea, pushes Xander to marry a princess from the Grenlu's head family, Xander rebels. Fleeing the city with his faithful servant, Bastion, the haughty prince is going to learn that real life is nothing like his plush upbringing. Along the way, Xander will discover the the error of his ways and perhaps find some dark secrets surrounding the disappearance of his mother...and what the Grenlu are truly up to. Ashryver, or Ash to those who know him, is just trying to get by. As the youngest member of Lady Ember's guard, the shy outcast of Soliel, Ash feels the pressure to keep his childhood friend safe and to prove that he can be useful to the clan, despite having an apparent lack of the elemental gifts that run in the descendants of the great Phoenix. Endless thanks to @hopelessly_broken for this amazing cover. You're the best! :)