"The city wasn't attacked, Oliver."
"What?"
"Look out at the guardhouses on each point. Neither one is damaged. How could an attack have come from the sea without damaging those? And where are the attacking ships and soldiers?"
"Not sure, I guess. There are clear signs of fighting, though, and no signs of meteors. Someone was here."
Ponce grabbed a burlap sack that had lost nearly all its grain on the ground and held it up. "But who attacks and takes no spoils and causes no casualties? You think the city could have staged it?" That sounded stupid the second it came out of his mouth. "Let's follow the trail."
The damage path turned southeast from the pier and up the defensive hill but didn't break through the outer wall, so they had to go back up through the city gate to follow it. ... The market square shared the eastern part of its district with a chapel. The chapel had a huge grassy courtyard in front of it, and in the center of that courtyard stood a lone tree that was always burning. Ponce had never had the chance to get close to the tree or the chapel; both were supposedly bewitched and were heavily patrolled at all times. It sat on the head of his curiosity like a crown. The trail passed through the south edge of the market and ended at this tree. The crackling fire seemed to drown out a nearby guard's angry murmurs.
"Look at that, Oliver... the trail stops in front of the only thing in town more mysterious than the trail itself."
The city of Arkis stands on the precipice of rebirth and destruction along with all of Lencia. Its greatest hope for survival is Ponce, a city architect, inventor, and unfettered young man whose soul is in constant search of greater possibilities. He has spent his entire life trying to figure out what's really going on in the world, and when the is city mysteriously attacked and the path leads directly to the mysterious tree burning perpetually at its center, Ponce is pushed to the limit -- and he escapes.

Ponce is thrust into the center of an ancient wager between the same cosmic leaders -- Sotare and Perfidious, good versus evil -- who hold Lencia's future in their hands. Through redemption and love, Sotare uses Ponce to try and heal a broken world while Perfidious uses him to destroy it. The love of a woman sent to tempt Ponce will determine the victor and restore -- or destroy -- Everburn.

More C.S. Lewis than J.R.R. Tolkien, Bunch's debut is a sweeping epic that strips bare the dangers of conformity and reminds us all that great things can be accomplished with nothing more than devoted friends and unflagging perseverance. His multi-layered allegory has a mythological complexity rarely seen in the fantasy genre, looking far beyond the physical world to expose universal, underlying truths as razor sharp dialogue and well-developed characters drive this rich, detailed world toward its ultimate date with destiny. A riveting journey full of danger, intrigue, and almost unbearable tension, Everburn signals the arrival of an important new voice in the world of fantasy.

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