A Century of Ashes

By K Funk

To a survivor, recklessness is a death sentence.
Ari Malakar doesn't do luck. She does logistics. She does escape routes. As a rider who has looked into the jaws of total devastation, she knows that survival isn't about being heroic-it's about counting the exits, keeping your distance, and treating your dragon like a weapon rather than a friend. She has built high, icy walls to keep her ghosts buried, and she has no intention of letting anyone close enough to see the scars at the base of her neck.
To a legend, danger is just a playground.
Zanden Ashcroft thrives in the chaos. Powerful, arrogant, and fueled by an infuriatingly effortless connection to his beast, he has never met a sky he couldn't conquer or a rule he couldn't shatter. He plays with fire because he's never been burned, and he has a reckless habit of diving headfirst into danger and figuring out the plan on the way down.
When a deadly new threat forces Ari and Zanden into the same elite flight wing, their opposing worlds don't just collide-they ignite. Zanden thinks Ari is an uptight control freak who needs to learn how to live. Ari knows Zanden is a lucky fool who is going to get them all killed.
But as the skies darken and the friction between them sparks into a dangerous, magnetic heat, Zanden begins to realize Ari isn't just playing safe. She's running from a catastrophic secret. One that involves a silent dragon, a phantom grip, and a math that always stops at the number six.
In a war where the lucky don't survive, can a reckless force teach a broken soul how to fly again-or will they both burn?

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0H9XRFMLF
• ISBN13: 9798186885597
• Release Date: July 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 104 Pages
• Weight: 0.33 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.3" x 6.0" x 9.0"