Love in the Time of Trepidation

Ancienverse Book Zero. It was the end of the world. They just didn't know it yet. Long before Ash Ketchum there was Akari, a girl with nightmares of a town in flames, and the untapped, dangerous wilderness of the region of Hisui. When her brother is left on death's door following a disastrous mission, Akari seeks answers…and the much darker purpose in the shadow of the gods.