The Last Oracle of Ash Mountain

An enchanting young-adult fantasy adventure about a broken kingdom, a forbidden spell, a cursed bloodline, a doubted heroine, hard-won prophecy, and a crown built on bloodBy C. R. Ashford

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Ash always finds its way onto her tongue. Sanna Mordecai is nineteen, and for eleven months she has been the girl who got it wrong. The crescent birthmark in her palm — the oracle's mark, the one that once burned hot and true with visions — has gone cold and flat and useless. She presses her thumb into it until it hurts. Nothing answers. In the gray village of Ashburrow, beneath the silent bulk of Mount Ashen, everyone remembers the day her prophecy failed. The day she vomited blood into the ash while the crowd laughed. The day Elder Thalira said, "The mountain does not give its secrets to those who demand them." Now the fissures on the slopes are widening. The elders insist there is nothing to fear — the mountain has been quiet since before anyone's grandparents were born. But Sanna does not trust quiet. Quiet means pressure building. Quiet means the mountain holding its breath while the ground grows thin beneath their feet. When the speaking stone finally answers her again, it does not bring comfort. It brings fire. A vision of a broken kingdom in the valley below. A forbidden spell. A bloodline cursed long before she was born. And a crown built on blood. Her old friend Corbin Wren — ink-stained, jumpy, no longer quite someone she can trust — knows far more than he is telling her. The elders who shamed her have secrets buried as deep as the mountain's roots. And every day the fissures widen, the speaking stone demands a higher price for the truth. The whole village is watching, certain she will fail again. But this time, if Sanna gets the prophecy wrong, no one survives to laugh. To save Ashburrow, Sanna must claim the power that once shamed her, unearth the lie at the root of her people, and decide whether a girl the whole village wrote off can become the last oracle Ash Mountain will ever need. The Last Oracle of Ash Mountain is an enchanting young-adult fantasy adventure about a broken kingdom, a forbidden spell, a cursed bloodline, a doubted heroine, hard-won prophecy, and a crown built on blood. Perfect for readers who love YA epic fantasy, reluctant prophets and chosen-one stories, volcanic and elemental magic, slow-burn friendships, and heroines who rise from failure to claim their power.

Magic Chosen One Prophecy Coming of Age Betrayal Mystery Dark Fantasy Family Political Intrigue