Crowned: By Fire (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798182052030)

Antonio King knows speed, engines, pressure, and the kind of split-second decisions that separate winners from wreckage. On the underground streets of Atlanta, he is a gifted mechanic, sharp racer, and reluctant protector who jokes when fear gets too close.

Then a raven strikes his windshield at one hundred and twenty miles per hour.

It does not die.

It turns into smoke, bone, teeth, and a warning.

The crash should kill Antonio. The fire should consume him. Instead, the flames bend around his body, his hands heat with power, and a hidden bloodline wakes inside him. The Fire Crown has chosen him, and The Arch has found him.

Led by Mara Vex, an Arch Blade who feeds on grief, family wounds, romantic bitterness, and protector guilt, The Arch has been watching Antonio's family for generations. Their goal is not simply to kill him. They want to corrupt his Holy Fire, turn his crown into a tracker, and use him to locate the remaining Crowned before they rise.

But Antonio's gift does not obey rage.

When anger leads, his fire becomes destructive. When pride leads, The Arch can track every burn. Holy Fire only becomes clean when love takes command.

As Delilah is taken into a black-site chapel beneath the city, Antonio must face raven scouts, possessed informants, soul ledgers, family secrets, and the truth behind his mother's disappearance. With Grandma Mae guiding him through scripture, strategy, prayer, and hard truth, Antonio learns that love is not weakness. Love is discipline, timing, restraint, sacrifice, and the courage to stand where others would run.

Fast, spiritual, witty, raw, and cinematic, Crowned: By Fire launches the Crowned series with supernatural warfare, chess-minded strategy, holy fire, family wounds, and a coming-of-age battle where love is the weapon and fire is the crown.