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Wrath of the Ash King
Paperback
Series: The Ash King Saga, Book 1
Publisher: Greg Johle
Published: Sep 12 2026
Pages: 240
Weight: 0.53
Height: 0.55 Width: 5.00 Depth: 8.00
Language: English
Every thirty years, the Ash King demands his tribute. Not in gold or jewels, but in survival.
As the devastating, magical Ash Winter descends upon the kingdom, the tyrant king seizes three-quarters of all resources, plunging his people into calculated starvation. His cruelty is absolute, his dark magic unmatched, and his frozen stronghold at the center of the world remains a fortress of inescapable terror. But a quiet prophecy sings of hope, carried by four friends who bear the crushing weight of ancient magic.
In the suffering Outer Rim, a young woman named Cornelea holds the Gemstone of Joinery-a relic of terrifying, unknown purpose. Forced from her home into the deadly, militarized Borderlands, she must find the others marked by destiny. There is Wyatt, cursed with the Sword of a Thousand Battles and struggling against its reckless bloodlust; Will, whose Shield of Wisdom paralyzes him with agonizing visions of failure; and Laura, nearly consumed by the mind-shattering force of the Helm of Power.
To end the cycle of the Ash Winter forever, these four young heroes must undertake a harrowing journey through concentric rings of escalating nightmares. From ruined universities haunted by mind-twisting wraiths to the absolute magical zero of the Inner Wastes, they are hunted by colossal beasts and the king's relentless generals. But their greatest battle lies within. The artifacts they carry are volatile burdens that threaten to tear them apart before they ever reach the tyrant's throne.
Can four fractured friends master the overwhelming magic of their burdens and stand together against a tyrant of unimaginable power? Or will the Ash King's eternal winter bury the world forever? Step into a breathtaking, all-ages epic fantasy where the bonds of true friendship are the greatest magic of all.
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