Under the Burning Sun

The dragon's curse doesn't need chains to bind.

Though mountains and miles separate them, the dragon's dark magic coils around his mind like smoke, controlling his thoughts, invading his dreams, and slowly consuming everything that makes him who he is. Even his new wife, Naan, is unable to help him find freedom. He is not his own—and with each passing day, there's less of him left to save.

Breaking the spell means breaking his most sacred vows.

There is one hope: a Soul Healer rumored to live on an isolated mountain. He and Naan journey to find this mysterious man only to find he is a wizard. Raef was raised to believe wizardry uses dark magic that would damn him as surely as the dragon's curse. Yet as the dragon's control strengthens and his autonomy fades, Raef faces a terrible truth—to remain true to his religious belief might mean never being free of the dragon.

Some choices burn hotter than the sun.

To reclaim his life, he'll have to trust magic he was taught to despise and join other ex-Dragon Children in burning out what the dragon put into them. Yet that is not all that will be asked of Reaf. To truly break free from the dragon's curse he is asked to surrender to a power he has always known, but never fully trusted. Will he emerge free, or be transformed into something he can no longer recognize?