The Ashwing Chronicles A Bond of Ash and Flame, Book 1, (Paperback)

<p>Briar St. Clair was never meant to matter.</p><p>Orphaned, unwanted, and dragged to Ashwing War College by royal command, seventeen-year-old Briar expects to be swallowed by a brutal academy built on dragonfire, bloodlines, and war. She has no title. No fortune. No reason to believe a dragon would ever choose her.</p><p>Then one does.</p><p>When Briar bonds with Nyra, a rare black dragon of starflame, she becomes the most dangerous secret at Ashwing. Black dragons are the oldest and most feared of their kind-creatures said to bond through grief, survival, and broken bloodlines. And Briar's bond awakens something buried in her past: a hidden legacy tied to burned kingdoms, ancient gates, and the first dragon heart.</p><p>Her fate becomes dangerously tangled with Kael Riorson, the enemy prince claimed by a black dragon of nightflame. Kael is guarded, infuriating, and bound by a crown-shaped curse he never chose. Briar should not trust him. She should not need him. And she definitely should not feel safer when he is near.</p><p>But when a stolen hatchling, a ruthless sorceress, and a war built on old lies threaten to turn dragons into weapons, Briar and Kael must choose between the kingdoms that fear them and the dragons that chose them.</p><p>Because the dragons were never meant to be chained.</p><p>And some bonds burn brighter than war.</p>

• The Ashwing Chronicles A Bond of Ash and Flame, Book 1, (Paperback)
• Author: Independently Published
• ISBN: 9798198952560
• Format: Paperback
• Publication Date: 2026-05-27
• Page Count: 462