Forged in Ruin

Cael Ashford was supposed to awaken the most powerful Soul Flame in a millennium. Instead, his best friend stole his destiny, burned his family's estate, and left him as a Cinderborn -- the lowest of the low, a man with a dead core. But when every god rejected him, something older answered. Something the gods themselves had sealed away. Now Cael wields the Ruin Core -- a power that can deconstruct anything in existence and rebuild it stronger. The catch? Every use burns through his own life. In a world that measures worth by the fire inside you, the most dangerous man alive has no flame at all.