The dragons are gone. But some legends refuse to die.
Ember has spent her life training to defend the Water Village, mastering every weapon and every lesson. But when she is sent on a dangerous quest, everything she believes about her world begins to unravel.
Rei serves the Mountain Village, bound by duty to a father whose ambitions grow darker and reach far beyond anyone's understanding. A mission forces him to live among the Water Villagers he has been taught to hate, and for the first time in a millennium, both villages begin to coexist. As hatred gives way to an uneasy peace, hidden forces stir in the shadows. Ancient secrets awaken, long-buried plans are set into motion, and a darkness thought lost to history begins to stir once more.
Friendships are tested, loyalties fracture, and betrayal lurks around every corner. As Ember and Rei's lives become increasingly intertwined, they find themselves standing on opposite sides of a fate neither of them chose.
Some destinies are forged by choice. Others are born of wind and waves.