The Academy of Ashes and Embers
A Dark Fantasy Academy Novel (The Shadowbound Saga, Book 1)
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The Academy of Ashes and Embers
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Narrated by:
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Benjamin Powell
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By:
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Callie James
The Shadowbound Saga — Book One
Magic is forbidden for a reason.
At the elite academy where power is trained, controlled, and quietly feared, Elara is doing everything she can to survive. She follows the rules. She hides what she is. And she never asks questions the Council doesn’t want answered.
But some magic refuses to stay buried.
When long-forgotten forces begin to stir and whispers of an outlawed power resurface, Elara finds herself caught between secrets that could shatter the academy—and a destiny the world would rather see destroyed than unleashed.
As alliances fracture and trust becomes dangerous, Elara is drawn toward truths that have been erased from history… and a connection she was never meant to form. One bound by forbidden magic. One laced with a curse no one speaks of aloud.
Because in a world built on control, the greatest threat isn’t rebellion.
It’s remembering who you really are.
The Academy of Ashes and Embers is the first book in The Shadowbound Saga—a dark fantasy academy series filled with forbidden magic, slow-burn tension, dangerous secrets, and a heroine forced to choose between survival and becoming everything she was warned against.
©2025 Callie James (P)2026 Callie James