An Inheritance of Ash and Blood — Jamie Edmundson

The one they fear is the hero they need.Sorcery is dying out. No one misses it.Feared and despised in equal measure, Sanc is only tolerated because he's the son of the powerful Duke of Morbaine.But Sanc is more important than he knows. When his life is threatened, he is forced to confront his true inheritance.For a new god has arrived in Dalriya. Unstoppable, Ezenachi brings only conquest and slavery.Sorcery is dying out, and now Dalriya needs a sorcerer more than ever.An Inheritance of Ash and Blood is the first book in a new series, Heirs of War. It combines coming of age character journeys with rich worldbuilding, dark sorcery, political intrigue, and bloody war.