After a failed command costs lives and ends her knighthood, Elara Thorne seeks refuge in the frozen north. Among Roderick Vale's rebels, she finds villages stripped of grain, rulers unwilling to trust one another, and a familiar name behind the rising threat: her brother, Kaelan.

Elara wants an alliance strong enough to protect the seven kingdoms. Kaelan wants them under one command. As a calculating rival turns the council against her, Elara discovers that the mentor she trusted has ambitions of her own.

At Briar Glen, loyalty will be tested beyond the council table. Elara must decide how much she can risk to bring her brother back-and whether she can accept responsibility without repeating the mistake that disgraced her.

Ashes of Briar Glen is a short political fantasy of fractured loyalties, difficult mercy and rebuilding after war.