The Earthspark by Vanessa Thurgood

The elements are waking. The primordial Guardians stir. Evil lurks in the shadows, waiting for the one person who can set it free.

Nienna’s ancestors labeled the Earthspark, and everything associated with it, as black magic. After she lands in the heart of an extinct lava chute, she discovers the fabled power is real. And that she’s the first one in over a thousand years to possess the cursed gift.

As her ill-fated power grows, the number of dark creatures bent on using her power increases. If that weren’t bad enough, the Guardians have reappeared, and the elements are on the move. Nienna must choose to embrace the Earthspark or live the rest of her life like a hunted animal.

However, accepting the Earthspark means her family’s greatest enemy may be her only ally in the fight against the rising evil of the Fire Witch. With her choice in the balance, the fate of her people rests on the

Category: Fantasy – Epic

The dragon is waking. The raiders proved they are willing to kill to set him free. Nienna must stop them or watch her homeland burn.
Handed down for generations, hatred for the south is rampant in the Northern Reach. That enmity reaches a point of no return when the raiders mark Nienna as the key to unlocking the gate of the dragon’s prison. The acid green dragon’s return could mean the end of Tellidus and the reunited Pathfinders.
When the raiders threaten her brother’s life, Nienna sets out to even the odds and hopefully find the missing Earth Guardian, Tellen.
To survive, she must navigate the maze of her nightmares long enough to battle the demons of the real world. She may lose the only man she’s loved and see her home erupt in flames if she fails.