The Last Ember of Olympus

By Hank McCoy

The Last Ember of Olympus
Book One of the Emberfall Chronicles

In a world where gods have fallen and myths lie buried beneath frost and ruin, a spark survives.

Caelen, a sixteen-year-old orphan raised in the shadow of forgotten legends, thought he was just another boy in the mountain village of Helryn. But when strange smoke curls above the forest and nightmares begin to echo into waking life, he uncovers a truth older than memory: the gods are not dead. Not entirely. And he carries the last ember of their fire.

Haunted by visions of lightning-crowned mountains and cities burning under a black sun, Caelen is thrust into a deadly game of prophecy and pursuit. The Order of the Black Crescent-remnants of a zealot guard now twisted into divine hunters-has returned to finish what the gods began: obliteration of Olympus and its bloodline. Caelen isn't just running for his life. He's running from what sleeps inside him.

Joined by Eira, a sharp-tongued hunter with secrets of her own, and his war-worn father who's hidden truths too long, Caelen must journey through Veilwoods where trees whisper names, into ruined temples that remember him before he was born, and across sacred lands where embers still breathe in stone and ash.

But the ember isn't just power. It's choice.

As Caelen begins to wield fire that bends to no law of nature, he faces the impossible question: Is he the last hope of Olympus's return... or the fuse to its final destruction?

The Last Ember of Olympus blends the elemental majesty of Rick Riordan's Percy Jackson with the moral complexity and mythic scale of The Witcher and Shadow and Bone. It's a sweeping fantasy debut full of fierce friendships, lost gods, ancient enemies, and the ever-burning flame of identity and fate.

Fans of myth-inspired fantasy, coming-of-age sagas, and high-stakes magical journeys will be spellbound by this richly layered epic where destiny isn't given-it's ignited.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0F7456RZY
• ISBN13: 9798282002065
• Release Date: April 2025
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 190 Pages
• Weight: 0.58 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.4" x 6.0" x 9.0"