The Ashes of The Firstborn

Aren was just a quiet high schooler—too smart for his own good, yet too tired to care. A loner by choice, and a target by circumstance. When he stumbled upon a truth he was never meant to uncover, the very people he called classmates turned against him. But that wasn’t the end—it was only the beginning.

In a world unknown, where ashes birth monsters and power is forged in suffering, Aren is given a second chance. Not as a chosen one. Not as a hero. But as a boy trying to survive—with nothing but his wits, buried rage, and a shadow that follows.

In this cruel new land, the strong devour the weak… but Aren doesn’t plan on being either.