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The Phoenix Who Forgot Her Name

The Phoenix Who Forgot Her Name

Sullivan, Jason

Paperback

FantasyMystery & ThrillerRomance

ISBN13: 9798240877605
Publisher: Jason Britton Sullivan
Published: Aug 26 2026
Pages: 114
Weight: 0.33
Height: 0.29 Width: 6.00 Depth: 9.00
Language: English

Evelyn Kingsley awakens inside a subterranean cell with no memories, no history, and no idea who she is. Her body burns with impossible heat, evaporating water and cracking stone beneath her touch. In her mind there is only one recurring echo: the memory of a blade piercing her chest and the agonized sobbing of a mysterious man.The priests of the Cathedral of the Ember immediately recognize her. They call her the Miracle of the Ember, the Lady of Ash, and the Phoenix-the legendary being who returns every hundred years to protect the world from an ancient force known as the Void. To them, Evelyn is not a woman but a sacred weapon destined to sacrifice herself once again.Evelyn refuses to accept that destiny.With the help of Asher Bennett, a scholar who has secretly investigated the gaps in the Church's history, she discovers that she has lived and died many times before. Across centuries, paintings and scrolls record the same woman appearing under different names, always connected to fire, catastrophe, and sacrifice. The most disturbing image shows her being killed by a shadowed man wielding an obsidian blade.That man is Dorian Blackwell-the Eternal Executioner.Dorian has spent centuries carrying out the one command Evelyn herself created in her first life: kill her when the Phoenix must be reborn. He is not simply her enemy. He is the man she once loved, condemned to watch her die again and again so that the world can survive.As Evelyn's memories return, she learns the devastating truth. In her first life, she and Dorian were lovers and rulers of a golden empire when the Void threatened to consume reality. Evelyn created a desperate pact: every hundred years, the Phoenix would be reborn, and Dorian would become her executioner, renewing the seal with her death. She willingly transformed their love into an eternal cycle of sacrifice.But the hundredth incarnation may be different.Evelyn begins to question whether salvation must always require her death. As the Void grows stronger and religious powers attempt to control her, she and Dorian must confront centuries of grief, guilt, love, and betrayal. The final battle forces them to choose between repeating the ancient sacrifice or breaking the cycle forever.When the fire finally goes out, Evelyn discovers something she has never been allowed to possess: mortality. She is no longer a goddess, weapon, or prophecy. Dorian is no longer her executioner. They are simply two human beings who survived a thousand years of suffering-and are finally free to choose what comes next.

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