Fall of Fire

<p><em>This is the special prose-only collection of the first and second books of the groundbreaking Fire and Tide series 'Fire of Courage' (May 2023) and 'Heart of Courage' (March 2025).</em></p><p></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>I am not their savior.</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center> My name is <strong>Uryana</strong>. I am thirteen cycles old from the Baraw tribe of the Sa-Babaw peaks.</p><p class=ql-align-center> One cycle ago I was chosen to face the Serpent of Fire the same beast that devoured my people's land and killed my father. I fought and I survived.</p><p class=ql-align-center>But survival is not peace. The Tutod has died-the eternal flame that guards our tribe now gone. The Elders believe it is a sign. They have sent me beyond the mountains to seek answers in a land not my own. There I find a tide that does not yield. There I find him.</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center><strong><em>I am not a king.</em></strong></p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center> My name is <strong>Lihum</strong>. I am thirteen cycles old son of Datu Garab and the ruler of Laksay. The crown was never meant to be mine but I wear it all the same. The tides have begun to rise. The Korakoa pirates haunt our waters. Something deep stirs beneath the sea older than any of us remember.</p><p class=ql-align-center></p><p class=ql-align-center> I sought wisdom. I found a girl from the mountains. A girl I have seen before. A girl who burns like a promise in the storm. And together-we may be all that's left to stop the coming flood.</p><p></p><p></p><p></p><p><em>Recommended for young readers 9 years of age and higher. Some scenes may be emotionally intense.</em></p>