They Bloom to Bury Tyrants: Volume Three of The Ashes of Ira

Perfect for mature young adult and adult readers drawn to deep fantasy, spiritual conflict, and psychological warfare.

From the ash, something grotesque and beautiful takes root. In the streets of Pyrrha, where iron and smoke hang heavy, the revolution begins not with a whisper but with a scream. The Tournament of Wrath intensifies, its gladiators fighting not for sport but for survival, their bodies the battleground where legacies of fire and fury are forged. Ira's bloodline, long bound to violence, now bleeds onto the earth, and from it, something darker rises.

The war on Phalaistin spreads like a plague. Ashra'tel, once home to golden plains of wheat, now burns as rivers of lava carve through the land, leaving ruin in their wake. The people of Ashra'tel, once nourished by the soil, are now crushed beneath the weight of a tyrant's crown. Sablemar follows, a vast sea of water turned into a blood-soaked battlefield, ships of war cutting through the waves. The people rise, not from hope but from oppression too heavy to ignore. The revolution is born from water, as relentless as the tides crashing against the shore.

The Red Hands, forgotten by both the city and the tyrants, strike at the heart of the Sanguine Order. They attack the Blood Crucible, a temple to war, and the Crimson Bastion, a citadel built to withstand even the tyrants. These sanctuaries of power now echo with the rage of martyrs. Revolutionaries, driven by vengeance and righteousness, twist the air into a noose of wrath. No longer shadows, they are the storm.

To bloom, some must burn. The blood spilled nourishes the seeds of rebellion, the soil stained with the sacrifice of the devout and the damned. The rivers of lava in Ashra'tel and the blood-drenched waters of Sablemar flow like veins of the land, each drop carrying the weight of martyrs, each soaked into the soil where revolution's blood falls. Liberation, once noble, now reveals its true cost: it demands not only blood but the very soul of the land it seeks to redeem.

The revolution swells, relentless, as the wounded cry out to the heavens, and the world trembles beneath the weight of a new, burning dawn.