In a world where sacred fire burns within chosen vessels, Seraphina volunteers to join the mysterious Ashen Gift cult to save her sister and hometown from destruction. But what she discovers inside the Temple of Sacred Ash will change everything.

The sacred fire is not the divine blessing it claims to be, but an insidious influence from a parasitic entity seeking to consume humanity. As the burning within her grows, Seraphina must maintain her identity against forces that would erase her entirely.

When she learns of the Grand Immolation—a ritual that would tear open the veil between dimensions and allow the entity unrestricted access to her world—she joins a desperate resistance movement to prevent catastrophe.

With allies including a scholar forced to become a conduit, a child with strange connections to the void, and a sister who refuses to surrender, Seraphina battles against seemingly impossible odds. As the resistance struggles against the spreading influence of sacred fire, they discover the ancient secrets of the First Ember—the woman who originally contained the entity's power.

The Ashen Gift is a tale of sacrifice, redemption, and the battle to maintain humanity in the face of forces that would consume it. As Seraphina journeys from victim to leader, she must answer the ultimate question: can sacred fire be extinguished permanently, or is humanity doomed to an endless cycle of resistance against a patient, adapting enemy?

A gripping fantasy epic about the power of resistance, the strength found in connection, and the courage to stand against godlike forces that hunger for your world.