Ember of the Firewind Clan has spent thirty years as the family disgrace: magicless, barren, and perfectly content to drink and gamble her problems away in the taverns of Cynder. When she comes home to find her entire family slaughtered, she awakens the fire magic she was told she'd never have. Grief is its unlock. Love is its only control. Thirty years of running won't grant her an escape from either. Taking refuge in the hidden stronghold of Raven's Gate, Ember finds the greatest danger of all: a life worth surviving for. But an ancient genocide is resuming in the north, and an age-old prophecy has named the last witch of the Firewind Clan as the last line of defense. To save the realm, Ember will have to master a power fueled by everything she has lost, trust people she has no business trusting, and lose everything she has finally let herself have.