In the crumbling Dominion, war is legacy—and legacy is a curse.
Duncan Voss, heir to a bloodline of decorated war heroes, never chose to become a soldier. But when his father and grandfather perish on the battlefield, the Dominion forcibly conscripts him into its ever-hungry war machine. Stripped of choice and sent to the front lines, Duncan enters a world ruled by steel, loyalty, and silence.
Armed only with outdated weapons—bows, blades, lances—and haunted by whispers of mystical beasts long thought extinct, Duncan's journey begins as a grunt in a brutal frontier garrison. But the further he marches into war-torn lands, the more he uncovers a disturbing truth: the Dominion is not defending humanity—it is erasing history.
From the beast-infested wildlands to ancient ruins buried in flame and ash, Duncan discovers fragments of a forgotten age—one where humans and wild mystical beasts stood side by side, and fire was a bond, not a weapon. Guided by a mysterious First Beast and hunted by Dominion Inquisitors, Duncan slowly climbs through the military hierarchy—from conscript to commander—rebuilding trust with the very beasts the Dominion seeks to exterminate.
As he uncovers ancient truths, Duncan awakens a long-lost power: the Twin Flames—two relic blades forged from loyalty and betrayal. With these weapons, and a growing army of beastborne outcasts, exiles, and rebels, he challenges the Dominion's lies head-on.
But the deeper Duncan digs, the more dangerous the war becomes.
He must contend with:
The Ash-Touched, forgotten remnants of the Dominion's oldest sins.
Beastblood Warlords, rulers of primal territories untouched by Dominion control.
The Ember Council, political masterminds who will kill to preserve the past.
And the Throne of Embers, an ancient artifact that may grant sovereignty—or consume him.
This is not just a war for survival.
It is a war to reclaim truth, to rebuild a world shattered by fear and flame, and to choose what kind of king Duncan will become—if he survives long enough to claim a crown no one asked him to wear.