🏆 2025 “Best Series” Bronze Medalist, Moonbeam Children's Book Awards
🏆 2025 “Best Audiobook” 1st Place, Flash of Fire, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
🏆 2025 “Best Audiobook” 2nd Place, Into Ashes, Royal Dragonfly Book Awards
🏆 First Place, Flash of Fire, Gertrude Warner Award for Middle Grade Fiction

Three books. One girl. A rising power that could save—or change—the world.

Vivian Carmine thought she was an ordinary teen—until she accidentally sets her school gym on fire and learns the truth: she's a phoenix. Her powers are just the beginning.

At RISE, a secret spy academy for demi-gods and magical misfits, Vivian is thrust into a world of espionage, buried secrets, and dangerous enemies. With her parents missing, she must master her abilities, navigate shifting loyalties, and uncover the truth before everything she loves is taken from her.

From the neon-lit streets of Tokyo to the frozen gates of Olympus and the darkest depths of the sea, Vivian faces tyrant gods, underwater resistance fighters, and betrayals from those she trusted most. Along the way, she discovers who she is—and what she's willing to fight for.

This trilogy includes:

Flash of Fire – A fiery secret. A missing family. A magical academy where survival is the first lesson.
Drowning the Flames – A lost key. A rising threat. An underwater mission to prevent a global disaster.
Into Ashes – A war for freedom. A battle for truth. A final stand against those who would control the magical world.

Packed with high-stakes action, spy school tension, mythical creatures, and a brave heroine who refuses to back down, The Phoenix Rising Trilogy is perfect for readers who love fast-paced fantasy adventures, secret academies, found family, and magical worlds waiting to be discovered.

Reading Level Summary:

Flesch Reading Ease: 87–88
Flesch-Kincaid Grade Level: 3.7–3.8

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