The CROWN of ASH and STARLIGHT

By Slone Maeve Thorne

In a world cleaved between the freezing, high-altitude spires of Luminor and the scorched, volcanic depths of the Iron Caldera, two "monsters" are destined to collide. Gina Sterling is a Glass-Siphon, an aristocratic battery used by the tyrannical High Chancellor Kaelis to power the empire's destructive celestial lenses. Her blood is slowly turning to glass, a lethal "Calcification" caused by her own starved magic. Lord Vincent Blackwood is the Scourge of Cinders, a warlord cursed with the Black Pyre-an entropic fire in his marrow that incinerates any living thing he touches with bare skin.

When Vince breaches the Crystal Spire to steal Kaelis's greatest resource, he discovers that Gina is not just a tool, but the only person in Valoria who can endure his heat. As they flee across the ash-choked Cinder Plains on the back of an obsidian sky-drake, they realize their connection is a double-edged sword: a "Harmonic Siphon" that heals their bodies but creates a soul-deep, addictive dependency that neither can escape. Together, they must uncover the forbidden history of the Sovereign Engine, dismantle six centuries of imperial lies, and decide if they are willing to burn the world down to finally feel the warmth of a human touch.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0HPXW2QJ9
• ISBN13: 9798237494402
• Release Date: October 2026
• Publisher: Slone Maeve Thorne
• Length: 256 Pages
• Weight: 0.66 lbs.
• Dimensions: 8.5" x 0.6" x 5.5"