Misfortune plagues a warrior princess who goes by the name Alexandra. She spent her youth commanding armies until the cruelest among her commanders turned on her in favor of an usurper masquerading as her cousin. Now, she is faced with a series of life-threatening challenges and one false step could mean the end of a reality that has run out of time. Transcending Fire is the first book in a series that is set in a fractured world that has been torn apart by a hundred year war. On her journey from the battlefield where she is captured and into the heart of an enemy empire she will beguile a militant prince, outwit a band of pirates, employ the use of forbidden necromancy magic and, with the help of a swamp witch, unlock a long forgotten power that was her birthright a hundred years ago. The message of this first book is to rise above insurmountable odds, even when your path is engulfed in flames. She was there the day the war began and ultimately she will bring an end to it.