Birth from the Ashes - J.T. Potempa

The world ended in fire. What remains is ash.

In a land scarred by ruin and haunted by the remnants of an ancient awakening, Saswen is thrust into a journey she never chose. Tasked with finding the scattered stones that hold the key to stopping a catastrophic force, she must cross desolate wastes, face unspeakable horrors, and confront the truth buried within her own past.

But she is not alone.

Allies rise and fall as danger closes in from every side-cultists devoted to the end, creatures twisted by the awakening, and something far worse lurking beneath it all. With each stone recovered, the line between salvation and destruction grows thinner.

Because the power to save the world...
may also be the power to destroy it.