She was never meant to learn magic. She was meant to wake it up.
In the quiet town of Riverbend, Stevy Ribbon has one priority: protect his sister, Emily—a girl the world calls “special,” but Stevy knows she is something far rarer. Then, one night by firelight, Emily’s simple wooden sticks begin to move… and her dance becomes something ancient—beautiful, terrifying, and impossible to ignore.
Because the moment Emily dances, the world answers.
As crops fail, the land sickens, and the dead begin to rise, whispers spread that Riverbend carries a light the darkness can’t smother. A Necromancer is coming—and he won’t just take kingdoms. He’ll take hope itself. To survive, Stevy and Emily will have to outrun corruption, face betrayal, and discover what Emily truly is… before the last warmth in the world goes out.
If you love character-driven epic fantasy with big heart, clean adventure, and magic that feels like wonder, step into Riverbend. Emily is about to dance—and everything is about to change.
Emily Ribbon must cross a shattered kingdom to awaken the Old Souls
In Ribbon Dancer: Old Souls, Riverbend survives the unthinkable—but the war isn’t over. The Necromancer has been beaten back… not destroyed, and his corruption still poisons the ruins of Halsomber. With the world balancing on a knife’s edge, Emily Ribbon makes the choice no one else can: she leaves the only sanctuary left behind to hunt the Old Souls—ancient beings of memory and power, hidden across a broken kingdom, and the only hope of stopping what’s coming.
Emily isn’t just a survivor—she’s a Ribbon Dancer, one of the Maker’s first, and when she moves, the world answers: fire rises in joy, light spills from her humble sticks, and her dancing doesn’t just shine… it heals.
But every step forward pulls her deeper into danger—because power is calling to the wrong hands, too. Reginald clutches a black stone that whispers promises, urging him toward Mount Kareth… and toward an ending that may cost everything.