She Is the Dragonfire

Eleanor Ironwood, the overlooked second daughter of House Ironwood, is born with immense magical talent—yet suppressed by her father under the ancient rule that "women cannot practice magic." When her sister Isabel is tortured to death by the brutal Lord Wintermoor, her father plans to send Eleanor in her place. Her mother helps her escape at the cost of her own freedom.On the run, Eleanor is taken in by the legendary Archmage Godwin. For six years, she trains relentlessly, rising from a discarded girl to a mage capable of summoning the Primordial Dragon. She returns to Blackbark just as the traitor Zarros and the Vark army lay siege—her father on his knees, her brother begging, her mother beaten and bleeding.Eleanor turns the tide alone. With Godwin's sacrifice, she breaks through to the legendary Ninth Level, summoning the Primordial Dragon that reduces Zarros and Wintermoor to ash. Standing atop the high platform, sword raised to the sky, she declares: from this day forward, House Ironwood—and all of Aldoria—will be hers to command.