In kingdoms built atop colossal redwood trees, high-schooler Marci trains under a strict master, treating the ancient Dragon Spirit—wings of will, legs of raw emotion, roar as weapon, Breath as control—as little more than a sport. But when invaders overrun the canopy, slaughtering his master and nearly killing his friends and crush, Marci's grief and rage ignite his Spirit uncontrollably. He massacres the enemy in a storm of power, saving those he loves... at the cost of becoming a monster himself.
Tormented by guilt over the blood on his hands—even enemies were once alive—and his failure to protect the one who believed in him, Marci vanishes into isolation. Haunted by the Dragon within, he must master the Breath he never truly grasped, learning that true peace is never free: it is bought with calamity, sacrifice, and the ruins of innocence.
A dark fantasy light novel of awakening, loss, rage, and the brutal price of control.