{"product_id":"crowned-antonio-walthour-9798182052030","title":"Crowned: By Fire","description":"\u003cp\u003eAntonio 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThen a raven strikes his windshield at one hundred and twenty miles per hour.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt does not die.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eIt turns into smoke, bone, teeth, and a warning.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eThe 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eLed 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eBut Antonio's gift does not obey rage.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eWhen anger leads, his fire becomes destructive. When pride leads, The Arch can track every burn. Holy Fire only becomes clean when love takes command.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eAs 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cp\u003eFast, spiritual, witty, raw, and cinematic, \u003ci\u003eCrowned: By Fire\u003c\/i\u003e launches the \u003ci\u003eCrowned\u003c\/i\u003e 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.\u003c\/p\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eAuthor:\u003c\/b\u003e Antonio Walthour\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eISBN-13:\u003c\/b\u003e 9798182052030\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublisher:\u003c\/b\u003e Independently Published\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eLanguage:\u003c\/b\u003e English\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePublished:\u003c\/b\u003e 06\/17\/2026\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003ePages:\u003c\/b\u003e 362\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eFormat:\u003c\/b\u003e Paperback\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eWeight:\u003c\/b\u003e 1.07lbs\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eSize:\u003c\/b\u003e 9.00h x 6.00w x 0.75d","brand":"Antonio Walthour","offers":[{"title":"Paperback","offer_id":49173834268927,"sku":"9798182052030","price":17.77,"currency_code":"USD","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0662\/2982\/9887\/files\/img_81643793-3643-41d1-ba05-9f0f44bfdaec.jpg?v=1788956528","url":"https:\/\/www.whiterainbookhouse.com\/products\/crowned-antonio-walthour-9798182052030","provider":"WR Book House","version":"1.0","type":"link"}