Roots in the Ash: The Ghost of the Ashes - Book II

By Abed Saber

Stonehearth has survived the ash. But survival is only the beginning.
As the first thaw breaks over the Shattered Shield, the settlement's fragile peace draws eyes from across the wastes. Envoys arrive with promises of water, grain, and alliance-but their kindness is a currency, and their ledgers demand a price. When the outside world learns of the miracle growing in their garden, Stonehearth stops being a refuge and becomes a prize.
Torn between the ghosts of the past and the weight of tomorrow, Turoa must forge a new kind of strength-one that protects without breaking, leads without ruling, and holds the line when every path forward demands a piece of his soul. Beside him, Lyra faces a reckoning of her own: the vows of the Silverwood clash with the truth of the soil, forcing her to choose between the oath she was born to keep and the home she chose to defend.
Stonehearth must decide what it will sacrifice: their independence, their love, or the fragile miracle they've nurtured from ash. In a world that trades hope for control and demands surrender for survival, one Warden and one Listener must prove that roots run deeper than iron-or watch everything they've built be buried beneath the dust.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0GY8SB6K1
• ISBN13: 9798258511089
• Release Date: April 2026
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 340 Pages
• Weight: 1.00 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.8" x 6.0" x 9.0"