Drafted into darkness

By Carla Van der Westhuizen

The apocalypse is a lie. The fire is real.

In the iron bowels of the Under-Reign, archivist Liorah sanitizes history for the Hegemony-until she volunteers for the Surface Games to save her brother. Cast into a frozen graveyard of ash, she expects to die. Instead, she discovers the world above was never dead. It was only sleeping.

When Liorah's blood awakens an ancient rune, she ignites a power the Syndicate tried to erase: a golden, dragon-born fire that melts iron shackles and shatters lies. Bound to Syraxus, the last Valyrian dragon, she becomes the spark the rebellion has waited centuries for. But the Hegemony does not let its property walk free.

Hunted by Captain Rylen and the elite Shadowthorn army, Liorah must trust her only ally: Draven, a smuggler who wields the crushing dark of a living void. Together, fire and shadow will breach the Dead Zone, wake the engines of the Old World, and burn an empire built on lies to the ground.

Perfect for fans of Fourth Wing, The Hunger Games, and dark romantic fantasy.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HDMD35TR
• ISBN13: 9798191423876
• Release Date: August 2026
• Publisher: Independently published
• Length: 375 Pages
• Weight: 1.43 lbs.
• Dimensions: 9.3" x 0.8" x 7.5"