Of Fox & Flame (Paperback)
Somer L. Strahan
Sold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
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Add to basketSold by Grand Eagle Retail, Bensenville, IL, U.S.A.
AbeBooks Seller since 12 October 2005
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Add to basketPaperback. Before the ink remembered, it burned.Centuries before Of Ink & Ash, the secluded halls of Inkwell Keep guard a secret: script can live, breathe, and bind. When quiet scribe Morrow Halwen and brilliant new apprentice Sera Damaris awaken a whisper in the depths-the ancient Ashbound-their rivalry becomes devotion, and curiosity becomes a spark that will rewrite a kingdom.By lamplight and quill, Morrow hears the page hum his name. Sera argues that magic must be mastered or it will master them. As council politics curdle into fear, Master Halwen forbids further study-too late. Living glyphs catch fire, shadows loosen from their owners, and the Keep's foundations begin to remember. What starts as scholarship becomes siege; what feels like salvation demands a price. To stop a scripture that devours its readers, someone must become the seal that holds the world together.From moonlit vaults and the Codex Oblivionis, to a storm of letters rising over the sea, Of Fox & Flame traces the first binding and the last mercy: a love story written in ash and light, a sacrifice that echoes across generations, and the hinge that swings open into Of Ink & Ash.What you'll find insideLyrical, dark-cozy fantasy: candlelit scriptoriums, vellum and rosemary, rain against glass - warmth threaded through dread.Living magic & bookbinding: inks that hum, quills that take breath, ledgers that remember intention.Rivals-to-devotion: Sera's fire meets Morrow's reverent calm; intellect, tenderness, and impossible choices.High stakes lore: the Ashbound, the first Rebinding, the siege of Inkwell Keep, and the founding of the hidden order Rememberers.A seamless bridge: an epilogue ("The Hinge Unbroken") that lands on the first page of Of Ink & Ash and quietly lights the way to Elara Wynn.For readers who loveMythic worldbuilding with intimate, character-driven stakes (The Night Circus, Piranesi, The Starless Sea vibes)Bookish magic, memory as power, and the tenderness of found vowsSlow-burn ache, haunted beauty, and sentences that feel like prayerSeries / Reading OrderPrequel: Of Fox & Flame (this book - a complete story that stands alone)Book I: Of Ink & AshBook II: Of Memory & MirrorsBook III: Of Echo & GlassContent & Tone NotesAtmospheric rather than graphic; themes of sacrifice, memory, institutional fear, and the ethics of magic. Romantic tension, grief, and hope braided together. The guiding line-"Ink remembers intention."-beats through every chapter.If stories could breathe, this is the sound they'd make.Open the ledger. Follow the whisper. Let the page remember you. This item is printed on demand. Shipping may be from multiple locations in the US or from the UK, depending on stock availability.
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Before the ink remembered, it burned.
Centuries before Of Ink & Ash, the secluded halls of Inkwell Keep guard a secret: script can live, breathe, and bind. When quiet scribe Morrow Halwen and brilliant new apprentice Sera Damaris awaken a whisper in the depths—the ancient Ashbound—their rivalry becomes devotion, and curiosity becomes a spark that will rewrite a kingdom.
By lamplight and quill, Morrow hears the page hum his name. Sera argues that magic must be mastered or it will master them. As council politics curdle into fear, Master Halwen forbids further study—too late. Living glyphs catch fire, shadows loosen from their owners, and the Keep’s foundations begin to remember. What starts as scholarship becomes siege; what feels like salvation demands a price. To stop a scripture that devours its readers, someone must become the seal that holds the world together.
From moonlit vaults and the Codex Oblivionis, to a storm of letters rising over the sea, Of Fox & Flame traces the first binding and the last mercy: a love story written in ash and light, a sacrifice that echoes across generations, and the hinge that swings open into Of Ink & Ash.
Lyrical, dark-cozy fantasy: candlelit scriptoriums, vellum and rosemary, rain against glass — warmth threaded through dread.
Living magic & bookbinding: inks that hum, quills that take breath, ledgers that remember intention.
Rivals-to-devotion: Sera’s fire meets Morrow’s reverent calm; intellect, tenderness, and impossible choices.
High stakes lore: the Ashbound, the first Rebinding, the siege of Inkwell Keep, and the founding of the hidden order Rememberers.
A seamless bridge: an epilogue (“The Hinge Unbroken”) that lands on the first page of Of Ink & Ash and quietly lights the way to Elara Wynn.
Mythic worldbuilding with intimate, character-driven stakes (The Night Circus, Piranesi, The Starless Sea vibes)
Bookish magic, memory as power, and the tenderness of found vows
Slow-burn ache, haunted beauty, and sentences that feel like prayer
Prequel: Of Fox & Flame (this book — a complete story that stands alone)
Book I: Of Ink & Ash
Book II: Of Memory & Mirrors
Book III: Of Echo & Glass
Atmospheric rather than graphic; themes of sacrifice, memory, institutional fear, and the ethics of magic. Romantic tension, grief, and hope braided together. The guiding line—“Ink remembers intention.”—beats through every chapter.
If stories could breathe, this is the sound they’d make.
Open the ledger. Follow the whisper. Let the page remember you.
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