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The Millennium Saga Book One: Firebreathers - a (second) formal WIP intro

Intros for books 2 and 3 can be found here -> [Echoseers], [Goddess-Touched]

Goddesses, I’m tired. It hits me like one of the trains that rumble through the industrial quarter, roars into view just long enough to warn me before I'm crushed beneath the weight of steel and momentum. Before I'm smudged away, stuck to the heels of the Fire mages that never get to go home like a pitch stain on the bottom of a shoe.

It hits me, and the weight that settles into my soul is almost unbearable when it does.

With slumping shoulders and exhaustion weighing my steps, I tug my cloak tighter to stave off the remnant chill in the air, and begin my trek down the root towards the harbor. Towards home.

Genre: High Fantasy, Steampunk

Target Audience: New Adult/Adult

POV: First Person Present, Multi-POV

Blend Pitch: Avatar: the Last Airbender x Red Rising x The Search for WondLa

Themes: Anti-Imperialism, trauma and recovery, the pitfall of idolization, identity, stigma surrounding mental illness, and the differences between vengeance, atonement, and justice.

Ember Timber has grown up with one disaster after another painting the backdrop of their life, and it’s left them and the remainder of their family struggling to keep their grip on the frayed edges of Ehlven society they call home—the poverty-stricken and over-policed streets of Aree, to be exact.

They’re not the only one struggling, and they are certainly not the only one on the verge of teaching the negligent Citylord that his power is tenuous at best.

The rebels call themselves the Firebreathers, decorated in the holy triangles of the Goddess of Change. They are numerous, and kind, and lead in part by the banished descendant of one of the Eternal Three.

When Ember picks from the wrong–or rather, perfect–pocket more than once, they find an in to this rebellion. An in to stability, help, kindness. An in to safety.

And just when they think they’ve found their footing, the world calls their bluff, whisking them into involvement of a much grander scale than they ever wanted.

Being the descendant of an Eternal, after all, is not protection in itself. Being friendly with one, even less so.

And none of that matters when the woman who would slaughter her own grandchildren if it was deemed a fitting punishment holds the title of General, and is sent to deal with rebellion.

Edits are complete at 158k words, and I have begun the process of querying as of November, 2022! The first edits of book two, Echoseers, are complete at 146k words, and drafting for book three, Goddess-Touched, is underway.

Character overviews are behind the cut!

THE TAGLIST FOR THIS WIP SPECIFICALLY HAS BEEN RETIRED; IF YOU WANT TO KEEP UP WITH THE STORY, I WILL PUT YOU ON THE MILLENNIUM SAGA TAGLIST, WHICH INCLUDES CONTENT AND SPOILERS FOR BOOKS 2+.

Characters:

Ember Timber - The archer-turned-pickpocket who has had to fight for everything in their life. Their impulsive decision to pick from the same person twice–and the subsequent, worse decision to put some of it back–is what kicks off the plot. Our main POV.

Gabbro Meywin - Ember’s long-term boyfriend. He’s one of the most sought-after acrobats in the city, and just as popular in his self-proclaimed whoring season. Melodramatic, vain, and touch-averse, but he’s working on the first part. Frequent side-POV.

Iceberg K’Ron - The one whose pocket was picked twice in a row, and who finally caught Ember trying to give some back. One of the latest in the family tree that stems from the Eternal Rillmother, and banished from the court of the Chosen One. Another frequent side-POV.

Side characters:

Nimbus Timber - He who thrives among copper wires and on the edge of sleepless insanity.

Andesite “Andy” Meywin - She who tinkers with magical metal and knows a little bit about everything.

Granite “Annie” Meywin - She who fears her own silence and stitches beauty with restless hands.

Emerald K’Ron - He who would risk the world for his children, though his own mother is their worst threat.

Dusk Timber - He who is more than he seems to even those who have known him all his life.

Beta Altiana - He who has an endless taste for adrenaline.

Lakia K’Ron - She who dances with blades on the battlefield.

Dawn Ai’La - She who burns from the inside out with magic.

Typha Lu’Syr - He who stewards the bayou on dragon-back.