Book one of the Shadenkar series. Ashes of Gandar is a tale of epic fantasy that includes ancient dragons, Arch mages of world shattering power and flawed heroes questing valiantly to become more than a collection of sharp blades and keen wits.

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  The village of Gandar burns.  Ancient dragons wake from their millennia long slumber.  Orcish hordes roam the lands of Helios with alarming frequency.  Mount Thule rumbles with the power of the Arch-Mage Thaendril's tainted magic.
Ellyse, her brother Brae and their companions find themselves thrust into an ages old war.  What began as a simple patrol soon spirals into a tale of epic adventure, heart breaking loss and the birth of a new world.