In a world where monsters rise from shadowed forests and ancient cycles turn unseen, a single night of blood and fire shatters a boy's life forever. Ten-year-old Alaric survives the massacre of Mosswick only by the sacrifice of his parents, fleeing into the Pale Ash Woods with nothing but a knife, a pendant marked with forgotten symbols, and a newborn wolf pup pulled from the ruins.Raised within Ironhold's unforgiving walls, Alaric becomes a ranger forged in hardship, haunted by memories that are not entirely his own. But when strange magic awakens in the child he rescues, when ancient wells pulse with cold fire, and when the dead begin to move with purpose, Alaric discovers the truth buried beneath his scars: The Forsaken Cycle is turning again.Marked by destiny. Hunted by cults. Bound to a wolf touched by moonlight.Alaric must confront the darkness that destroyed his home or watch the world burn as it rises once more.The Ashborn are awakening.And the Cycle demands its chosen.