The Sleeping Flame: Azhakar's Awakening

The Sleeping Flame: Azhakar's AwakeningWhen twelve-year-old Sofia Patel feels the earth hum beneath her feet at the dormant volcano Trou aux Cerfs, she doesn't know she's hearing the heartbeat of an ancient guardian-a dragon that has slept beneath Mauritius for millennia. As a geothermal drilling project pierces the crystalline chamber where Azhakar slumbers, the dragon awakens with a single, devastating question: "Will you be the fire... or the ash?" Now Sofia must embrace her destiny as the dragon's vessel, uniting a fractured island of activists, scientists, soldiers, and dreamers against those who would exploit the flame for power. But as cyclones gather and the covenant of balance crumbles, Sofia discovers that some flames are meant to sleep-and some awakenings come with a price that could consume everything she loves.