First published 2025
The world of Thezmarr is burning. In this second book of Helen Scheuerer's The Ashes of Thezmarr series, the stakes that survived the first volume now grow sharper and more personal. The fragile ground characters fought to hold begins to shift beneath them, and the alliances that once felt solid start to crack under pressure. Old wounds reopen. New enemies move in the dark. The protagonist faces a choice that cannot be undone, caught between loyalty to the people she loves and the cost of doing what must be done. Every step forward demands something be left behind. Scheuerer builds tension not through spectacle alone but through the quiet moments before the breaking point, the look across a room, the decision made in silence. This is a story about what people carry when the fire has already taken everything else, and whether what remains is enough to keep fighting. Fans of the first book will find the world expanded and the characters tested in ways that matter.
Genres: drama, adventure, fantasy, dark-fantasy, epic-fantasy
Vibes: atmospheric, character-driven, dark, emotional, intense, introspective
Tropes: forced-proximity, found-family, impossible-choice
Setting: Thezmarr
536 pages · Paperback · Alchemy
Content warnings: death, violence