Steelhaven

By Jaxon SCOTT

A dragon rises from beneath an abandoned steel mill.
A seventeen-year-old boy may be the only one who can bind it before the city burns.

Jonah Hale only wanted to get home after a late shift. Then the old mill split open, fire poured into the sky, and something impossible climbed out of the ruins.

A dragon.

Within hours, Steelhaven is locked down. Phones fail. Military convoys roll through ash-choked streets. Strange symbols glow beneath broken concrete, and Jonah's father's old mill token grows hot in his pocket every time the dragon turns its eyes toward him.

The world wants answers. The city wants survival.

Jonah wants to know why the dragon spared him.

As fires spread and fear takes hold, Jonah is pulled into a hidden history buried under Steelhaven's streets. A brilliant museum scholar, a wounded firefighter, and a guilt-ridden soldier uncover the truth: the city was built over an ancient seam, and the dragon may not be the monster everyone thinks it is.

But others have already chosen fire.

A dangerous movement called the Emberborn believes the dragon is not a threat, but a purifier. Led by a calm and ruthless preacher, they begin recruiting the frightened, the angry, and the lost. They do not want the seam sealed.

They want it opened.

Now Jonah must decide what kind of courage matters most: filming the truth, running into danger, or standing between his city and an ancient power that does not think like a man.

Steelhaven is a fast-paced urban fantasy thriller about grief, courage, sacrifice, and the cost of protecting a place that may never fully understand what saved it.

Perfect for readers who want:

Dragons in a modern cityHigh-stakes urban fantasyA grounded disaster-thriller feelAncient magic hidden beneath industrial ruinsTeen heroes facing adult consequencesFound-family loyalty under pressureA cinematic fight for a burning cityA clean but intense fantasy adventureMoral choices, sacrifice, and hard-won hope

When the old world wakes beneath the streets, Steelhaven must choose what it will become.

And Jonah Hale must choose what he is willing to bind himself to.

Because some fires destroy.

Some reveal.

And some demand a guardian.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0DWKD5S8X
• ISBN13: 9798309815319
• Release Date: February 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 300 Pages
• Weight: 0.77 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.7" x 5.5" x 8.5"