Celestial Dawn book 1: The Ash Reclamation

"They stole a god's blood to rule forever. He's bringing an army to tear it down"

Knight Vaelen's time is running out. The Black Vein Curse is consuming him from the inside out, turning his blood to ash. But when a failed mission reveals that his curse is linked to an ancient, caged dragon secretly powering the empire, Vaelen faces a deadly choice. To shatter the High Council's tyranny, he must forge a bloody pact with the Iron-Jaw Orcs and lead a desperate war host against the Capital's inpenetrable magic walls. The siege is laid. The ward is waiting and freeing a god might just burn the world to the ground.