A legacy can be a gift... or a death sentence. Evandar is a warrior hiding from the ghosts of his past, content to let his legend fade into obscurity. But a desperate young scholar brings an impossible summons that shatters his exile: Evandar is Da'gan, the last heir of a legendary Dragonbourne dynasty-a lineage hunted by a fanatical cult that believes his blood is a corrupting taint that must be purged with fire . Forced to run, his only hope lies with the very strangers he refuses to trust: a stoic dwarf scarred by a past he won't speak of and a graceful elf who wields the power of the ancient woods . Their flight for survival becomes a desperate quest for answers, leading them through blighted lands and into the realm of the Fates themselves. But the price of knowledge is steeper than any of them could imagine. A trial to awaken Da'gan's power costs him a decade in the blink of an eye, and he returns to a world already conquered by a tyrannical warlord who had offered them salvation . With his fellowship shattered by betrayal and heartbreaking sacrifice, Da'gan must finally embrace the legacy he always denied. He must forge a rebellion from the ashes of a fallen world, or watch the future his friends died for be extinguished forever.