The First Flame: Book 1 of the The Age of Silence (Paperback) (ISBN-13: 9798257194955)

War hero Alexander Gracian returns home expecting peace and finds only ashes. His village has been destroyed, his family murdered, and the truth of what happened buried beneath ruin, silence, and fear.

When he uncovers an ancient codex hidden beneath the wreckage, Gracian begins to suspect the raid was no act of simple brutality. With Mira, a sharp-minded settler who has her own reasons to seek answers, he follows the trail toward Aldenmere City and into a mystery that reaches far beyond one lost valley.

As old histories stir and hidden forces move in the dark, Gracian must decide whether he is chasing justice for the dead - or walking toward something far larger, far older, and far more dangerous than war.