The first book of the Wyrmfall Chronicles - epic fantasy of court intrigue, old magic, and older debts
The Ember Seat opens the Wyrmfall Chronicles, an epic fantasy of court intrigue, old magic, and older debts. Book One sets the board: the seat at the heart of the realm, the people circling it, and the first moves of a game that will run four books long.
A prologue and opening chapters that drop the reader straight into Wyrmfall's court politics, where every favour is a debt and every debt collects interest. The worldbuilding serves the intrigue rather than slowing it down - the magic here is old, and so are the obligations attached to it.
This is the beginning of the series and the right place to start. The reading order is: The Ember Seat, Salt and Ash, The Hollow Tide, and The Last Oath. Each book follows directly from the last.
Readers who like their fantasy political, their magic costly, and their series finished - the Wyrmfall Chronicles is complete in four books.