She is the rebellion's last hope. He is the King's most lethal mistake. In the soot-stained streets of Thornspire, Lyra Verren has spent her life fighting a tyrant who burns everything he cannot control. As the Fern Fox, she has mastered the art of shadows and the magic of the deep earth. But her latest mission has placed her in the sights of a man who doesn't just use fire; he is fire. Kael Ravaryn, the Hound of Cinders, is a monster on a leash. With ember veins pulsing beneath his skin and an infernal passenger whispering in his mind, he is the executioner for a regime he has grown to loathe. Sent to hunt down the Fox and the stolen relic she carries, Kael expects another routine purge. He doesn't expect a woman who sees the man beneath the monster. As King Vaelor's Pyre Knights close in and the city prepares for a final, bloody cleansing, the lines between enemy and protector begin to blur. In a world where fire and root are destined to consume one another, Lyra and Kael must decide if they are the spark that finally destroys Thornspire, or the flame that lights the way to its survival. The Ashen Hunt is the gripping first book in the Rebels of Flame and Fern series, perfect for fans of forbidden magic, enemies-to-lovers romance, and epic fantasy rebellion.