She was created to destroy gods, but what happens when she doesn’t live up to the wizards’ expectations? Raised in the shadow of war, Zelia never questions why she was different from the Elves around her. They were her kin, she was safe here with them, and that was enough for her. That is until the elder Wizards in The Guild came to her home with a their vote cast upon her, they could wait no longer for her powers to emerge. They dragged her from her home and into the forbidden Darkan Mountains, a place where even the Elves dare not go. Here Asenten gave her two stones and one order, to go and prove herself. She had never used magic, sure she could talk to the animals, but that wasn’t something that could protect her from the Darkans. Still, they pushed her down the path of fire and ice to a fate worse than hell. She wakes, sleeps, and breathes in darkness, away from prying eyes and the stars she loved so much. They force her to spill the blood of innocents, to torture them, until she feels she is not worthy of anything but pain for all that she has done. But when the lives of those she cares about hangs in the balance, she must face the wizards or risk losing what gave her hope for all those years.

They created her to kill gods - and then they left her with the Elves. Deemed unfit by the very wizards who made her, Zelia's powers slumber, until she is given an ultimatum. Prove herself. Or perish. Forced to spill the blood of innocents, Zelia faces the darkest of fates. But when the lives of those she cares about hang in the balance, she must confront her makers - or risk losing the one glimmer of hope that has kept her going. Can she create a new future? Or will she forever remain Cast in Fire?

Running from her powers, Zelia finds herself in lands she had never planned on and around people she doesn’t want to hurt. When her path turns to what used to be home, will she return or will she flee? Find out where this side story takes Zelia in Zelia’s Lost path. A side story from the original series titled Zelia.

In Dragon and Phoenix, the sweeping sequel to Joanne Bertin's hugely successful fantasy epic The Last Dragonlord, Linden and Muarynna must rescue a trapped dragon from an evil princess. Once every thousand years the phoenix of Jehanglan burns to death in a magical release. For millennia the emperors of Jehanglan have tried to harness the awesome power of the phoenix's rebirth. One has finally succeeded, using black magic and the enslavement of a dragon. Far away at the Crown of the World, Dragon-lord Linden and his new wife, Maurynna, are trying to live the life of happy newlyweds. But all is not well. Since her first Change into dragon-form, Maurynna has been unable to duplicate it. And as her inability to Change drives her into a dark abyss of depression, Linden begins to doubt the love he was once so sure of... At this time of personal crisis, these two must journey to Jehanglan and marshall all of their diplomatic and martial skill to penetrate the treachery of the empire and set free the phoenix. But to do so they must face the dragon--the dragon who just might be a Dragonlord gone mad.... At the Publisher's request, this title is being sold without Digital Rights Management Software (DRM) applied.

Emberly Pearson, a phoenix capable of taking on human form and cursed with the ability to foresee death, faces a deadly threat when she tries to save a man she once loved from meeting his prophesied fate.

Brad Taylor meets The Stand in a riveting novel of suspense kicking off a brand new series perfect for fans of the page-turning novels of A.G. Riddle, Mark Greaney, and Matthew Mather. “One of the most singular and compelling heroines to come along in years.” —Jeffery Deaver, New York Times bestselling author “Snaps with action from the very first page.” —Marc Cameron, New York Times bestselling author of Stone Cross and of Tom Clancy’s Code of Honor From John Gilstrap, the New York Times and USA Today bestselling author of the Jonathan Grave novels, comes Crimson Phoenix—first in the new Victoria Emerson Thriller series. With America brought to the brink of destruction, one woman becomes the last hope of a nation and its people... Victoria Emerson is a congressional member of the U. S. House of Representatives for the state of West Virginia. Her aspirations have always been to help her community and to avoid the ambitious power plays of her peers in Washington D. C. Then Major Joseph McCrea appears on her doorstep and uses the code phrase Crimson Phoenix, meaning this is not a drill. The United States is on the verge of nuclear war. Victoria must accompany McCrea to a secure bunker. She cannot bring her family. A single mother, Victoria refuses to abandon her three teenage sons. Denied entry to the bunker, they nonetheless survive the nuclear onslaught that devastates the country. The land is nearly uninhabitable. Electronics have been rendered useless. Food is scarce. Millions of scared and ailing people await aid from a government that is unable to regroup, much less organize a rescue from the chaos. Victoria devotes herself to reestablishing order—only to encounter the harsh realities required of a leader dealing with desperate people... “Just the thing for readers who feel oppressed by the pandemic lockdown.” —Kirkus Reviews “A gripping page-turner.” —Taylor Stevens, New York Times bestselling author “An explosive story that keeps your mind churning and pulse racing . . . Don't miss this powerful new series from a master thriller writer.” —Jamie Freveletti, international bestselling and award-winning author