Out of Eden's Ashes (Children of Edentide)

Synopsis

History drowned beneath the apocalyptic waters of Edentide. Humanity clung to the mountaintops beneath the Arbormarks: titanic trees whose power rekindled civilization beneath their branches before fading into legend. The Isles have long believed themselves safe. On the eve of Saint Albion’s Day, disaster strikes in Avoncourt, plunging the duchy to the brink of civil war. Aldric Holloway, a disgraced Oathwarden with a past he’d sooner drink himself to death than face, ventures across a land descending into anarchy. Back in the blood-soaked capital, Esther Ney must navigate betrayal, faith, and political intrigue to keep a realm from tearing itself apart. But as ancient powers stir among the roots and ruins below, Aldric and Esther find themselves confronting an evil far older than their island home, an otherworldly treachery threatening to unravel the fragile peace that has endured since Edentide. In a world of intrigue and eldritch magic, blades and flintlocks, ancient trees and fallen angels, Out of Eden’s Ashes is an epic fantasy of conspiracy, sacrifice, faith, and redemption.