Legends of Ash and Dust

A gritty, knives-out YA Fantasy set in a lush and sprawling world…
They forged me into a weapon. Now, I am the last.

I was raised by legends. My people, the Shae, are the closest thing this realm has to the supernatural: we train our entire lives to protect, forging our bodies like steel. We are the stories told to children in the night, the monsters who lurk in the woods. Or, we were — until the massive Red Wolf army attacked, slaughtering my people in a single night.

I am the only survivor, and it doesn’t help that I’m the only female Shae Apprentice in history. Besides the revenge I have sworn to get for my people, I have one final mission: to protect Niran, a handsome prince with a shadowed past who makes me question my status as a monk.

In Niran’s home, the Palace of the Golden City, nothing is as it seems. My enemies are lurking around every corner, the Emperor is blackmailing me into becoming his assassin, and an ex-Shae librarian is convinced that I have a long-forgotten Shae magic hidden on my skin.

As it turns out, my quest for revenge is leading me down roads I never wanted to travel: roads littered with magic, demons, and deadly secrets.