Lucia Ashta Bücher

On the run and forced to conceal her true identity. Anira is the only one who recognizes her tribe's chieftain as a dark sorcerer. He has everyone else enchanted while he drains their power, amassing it as he prepares to devastate the entire clan. All her life, Anira has hidden. But she can't hide any longer. Not when the chieftain plans on taking the dragons' magic next. She's found her purpose. She won't let the chieftain hurt the dragons, especially not the baby dragon she's sworn to protect. Anira has no idea how to stop the trickster, but she knows she must try. She'll have to enlist the help of the very soldiers tasked with killing her.

Hunted and forced to hide from her own people. Seventeen-year-old Anira was born a twin, a fact that would have led to her death if she hadn’t also been born invisible. Every day of her life, she’s forced to hide to protect the secret of who she is while her twin gets to lead the life she can’t. She has no purpose beyond her own survival. Then Anira discovers that their chieftain is a sorcerer who’s draining the tribe’s power and keeping it for himself. He intends to drain the magic from the dragons next. Protecting the dragons is her people’s most sacred calling. The chieftain has everyone enchanted into believing he’s their savior. But not Anira. He can’t bewitch her when he doesn’t realize she exists. For the first time, Anira has a purpose. She vows to stop the chieftain and save her tribe and the dragons. She’s the only one who can. For if she fails, there will be no one left to prevent the chieftain from claiming the dragons’ magic. It’s what he’s counting on. But he doesn’t expect Anira. No one ever does.

The hunted becomes the hunter. Anira is part of the Dragon Force, whose purpose is to protect the dragons, sacred to their people. The chieftain of their tribe intends to steal the power of the dragons, and keep it for himself. Now he’s allied with shadow people, who ride the dragons—something none of the force has managed to do. Stopping the chieftain before he succeeds in destroying her tribe is more urgent than ever. He’s only getting stronger. But so is Anira. With the elite members of the force on her side, and with unexpected emerging powers, she has a chance at taking down the chieftain. He forbade magic to prevent people like her. Well, she’s about to give the chieftain a real reason to fear her.

Set in the Amazon, the narrative follows a man's struggle for survival as he logs the trees of this lush environment. The story highlights the constant dangers he faces, emphasizing the tension between human activity and the natural world. Through his experiences, themes of resilience and the impact of deforestation emerge, painting a vivid picture of life in a fragile ecosystem.