Ascension of the Dragon-Blooded

In Auradia, a continent where Bestkin, Dwarves, Elves, Humans, and Dragons share a delicate peace, Kael Ashborn—a young, forbidden half-Dragon, half-Human—has borne an unstable Draconic Core since birth: an ancestral power no one else holds. Raised by his warrior father Aric in a remote village, Kael has always concealed the scales breaking through his skin and the memories his Core takes from him. When his mother, the Dragon princess Lirien, is seized by her own clan, Kael joins Stellar Ascension Academy to learn the truth of his bloodline, lift the curse plaguing the Bestkin, and prevent the Dragons from regaining total control over the Arcane Flow. Torn between unexpected friendships, bitter rivalries, a forbidden bond with the fox Selene Nightshade, and the ever-present danger of his Core devouring him, Kael learns that being a hybrid is not a weakness—it is Auradia's only hope of survival.