Of Fire and Ash by Gillian Adams

Book 1 of the Fireborn Epic

Summary:

She rides a fireborn, a steed of fire and ash, trained for destruction.

Ceridwen tal Desmond dreams of ruling like her father over the nation of Soldonia, where warriors ride to battle on magical steeds—soaring on storm winds, vanishing in shadow, quaking the earth, and summoning the sea. After a tragic accident claims her twin brother, she is exiled and sworn to atonement by spending her life—or death—for her people.

But when invaders spill onto Soldonia’s shores and traitors seize upon the chaos to murder her father, Ceridwen claims the crown to keep the nation from splintering. Combatting overwhelming odds and looming civil war, she begins to wonder if the greatest threat to the kingdom may, in fact, be her.

With fire before her and ash in her wake, how can she hope to unite instead of destroy?

Flames rage and oceans rise in this explosive first installment of The Fireborn Epic as the exiled heir, a novice priest, and a reluctant rebel wage war against a hidden power that threatens to shake the world.

Opening Lines:

The scream of the fireborn stallion shivered against her spine. Heat blasted behind, and sparks stung the back of her legs. Ceridwen staggered upward toward the rim of the crater, resisting the call to battle that surged through her blood. There would come a moment for vengeance, a day for retribution. But now . . . now there was no time. 

Blair had no time.