The Black Flame (Saga Of Black Book 1)

In 1452 AC, Glenmoria stands on the brink of annihilation. Pressed from the south by the Anglion Empire, from the east by the raiding warbands of Norskheimr, and from the frozen north by the relentless Iron Bears, the ancient land is fractured, outnumbered, and running out of time.Seventeen-year-old David Andersson, last scion of a dragon-forged bloodline thought extinct, comes of age in a world where dragons are only memory and myth. When a black dragon egg is discovered and David binds with the wyrmling Coe, the balance of war shifts—but not toward salvation without cost.As dragon and rider synchronize into a bond of shared heart and shared death, David becomes something more than a prince and less than a king. His hair turns ice-white, his sight pierces darkness and heat alike, and the night itself bends to his will. Through terror, restraint, and brutal calculation, he forges a new way of war—one that breaks armies without destroying the land they fight over.Yet victory breeds fear as quickly as loyalty. Enemies adapt. Allies question. Assassins come from within. And every use of power carves scars into Glenmoria that may never heal.This is not a story of conquest.It is the forging of a warden. Read more