Title: Ashes and Embers
Series: The VoidShatter Series.
Book Number: 01.
Genre: Humorous Epic Fantasy, with flecks of dark satire.
Suggested Age: 12+
Themes: Friendship, Bureaucracy, Ancient Mysteries, Guilds, Absurdity, Meddling Deities, Escalating Consequences.
Tone: Witty, Adventurous, Optimistic.
Setting: Axalar.
Tropes: Unlikely heroes, ragtag adventuring party, found family, ancient evil awakening, bureaucratic fantasy, escalating consequences.
Comparable Books:
Guards! Guards!
Kings of the Wyld
Blurb: The Age of Heroes ended long ago.
Unfortunately, history has other ideas.
In Axalar, legends have become paperwork, forgotten ruins are best left unexplored, and even the gods occasionally wish mortals would stop 'helping.'
When what should have been an ordinary assignment begins drawing the attention of ambitious guilds, meddling deities and long-buried secrets, survival becomes considerably more complicated than anyone had planned.
Saving the world was never part of the plan.
Surviving long enough to regret it might be.
Synopsis: Ashes and Embers is the first novel in The Voidshatter Series, a humorous epic fantasy set during the Second-Age of Axalar. The story follows an unlikely group of adventurers dispatched by the Adventurers’ Guild to investigate the mysterious Shadow Keep. What begins as a routine assignment gradually uncovers ancient forces, forgotten histories and secrets capable of reshaping the fate of the world itself.