Currents Of Ash Paperback – February 11, 2026

She never wanted to be a dragon rider. The dragon had other plans.Ela Ashford has seen what bonds cost. Riders driven mad by the connection. Veterans left hollow when their dragons die. As a refugee relief worker on the front lines of an eighty-year war, she knows better than to want something so dangerous.But when she treats the wounds of a captive bronze dragon who has rejected every candidate the Empire has offered, something unexpected stirs. Ember has waited years for the right bond—and he's found it in a girl who never wanted one at all.Thrust into a war she never chose to fight, Ela must master a bond that drains her strength with every flight, survive enemies who see her as either a weapon or a threat, and uncover secrets that both nations have been dying to protect.Some bonds are forged in fire. Others are forged in ash.Currents of Ash is the first book in The Aethros Saga—an epic fantasy featuring a dragon-rider bond built on partnership rather than dominance, a richly layered magic system, and a heroine who must decide what she's willing to become to survive.For readers who loved the dragon bonds of Fourth Wing and the high-stakes world of The Priory of the Orange Tree. Read more