PARADOSE & AVARIN: SHADOW AND FLAME I The Coloring Book That Refused to Wait
It arrived before the novel. Faster than Lord Stanson on race day — and with considerably more dramatic intent. The world of Paradose could not be contained, and it did not try.
Paradose & Avarin: Shadow and Flame I is not a companion piece. It is the opening move — dark lore, ancient rivalries, and unforgettable characters arriving in your hands before the first novel even makes its debut. This is the world speaking first. Consider yourself warned: once you step inside Paradose, you will not be in any hurry to leave.
Six Dragon Lords have divided a world between them — and divided it badly. On one side, the Lords of Smoke rule with patience, precision, and an intelligence that has outlasted more enemies than most lords can count. They move through the known realms like fog through ancient stone — quiet, calculated, and always exactly where they intended to be. They do not waste effort. They simply wait, and the world eventually bends.
On the other side, the Lords of Flame answer to no one's patience but their own. Volatile, brilliant, and terrifyingly powerful, they command fire the way great musicians command sound — with instinct, passion, and total mastery. Their kingdoms rise from volcanic stone and ember-bright courts carved into the most punishing landscapes the world offers. They are not interested in outlasting anyone. They intend to win — and they have the firepower to guarantee it.
Between their territories lies Avarin — ancient neutral ground where uneasy pacts keep old grudges at careful distance and every lord eventually passes through. Markets thrive. Scholars debate beneath lantern light. And the most consequential deals in Paradose history have been struck in Avarin's back corridors by people who had every reason to be enemies.
But the Dragon Lords are not the only ones worth watching.
KaenHana moves through this world like a blade through candlelight — and the realms were not ready for her. A kunoichi without equal, she operates in the space between lords and loyalties, answering to a code no Dragon Lord wrote and no treaty has ever contained. She is precise, she is formidable, and she is the female warrior these realms have been waiting for since the very first page of lore was written. She has arrived. She is not asking permission.
Alongside KaenHana, the full cast of Paradose breathes through every page — battle-worn allies and sharp-minded rivals, wanderers who know the back roads of every realm, scholars who have read things no lord would approve of, and the loyal few who stand beside the Dragon Lords not out of obligation but out of something far harder to earn. Every supporting character in this world carries weight, carries history, and carries the kind of depth that makes a fantasy universe feel genuinely lived in.
Inside Shadow and Flame I, 55 original illustrations capture all of it — the six Dragon Lords at full power in their own lands, KaenHana mid-stride in her element, smoke-wrapped towers, volcanic courts, enchanted forests, forgotten ruins, and the entire cast of characters who make Paradose more than a war between two forces. They make it a world.
The linework is intricate, atmospheric, and built for teen artists ready for a real challenge. Fine-tip markers, colored pencils, watercolors — every medium shines here. These pages are designed to earn your finest work.
This is Volume I of the Paradose & Avarin series. Many more volumes are coming — deeper lore, wider lands, and a war between Smoke and Flame that has centuries left to run. You are not just buying a coloring book. You are stepping into a world that has barely begun.
KaenHana is watching. The Dragon Lords are waiting.
The first move is yours.
