Literary dystopian with a metaphysical edge. ​In the gleaming glass city of Avalon, purity is everything. Citizens submit to brutal public audits called Reclamation, or face Fire Crown, a ceremony that burns the impure alive on live television. It’s a society built on shame, surveillance, and the quiet desperation of those who know they can never be clean enough. ​Sage doesn’t care about purity. He only cares about Megan, the love of his life who vanished a year ago during her mandatory Rite of Sacrifice. While Avalon watches its citizens burn, Sage embarks on a perilous journey to the lawless Redemption City (Red C), desperate to bring her home. ​But when he finally finds Megan in the drug-soaked underbelly of Red C, she’s no longer the woman he loved. She has transcended into something beyond human understanding — ne plus ultra, the embodiment of spiritual perfection — and she’s dangerously unaware of the power coursing through her. ​As Megan’s transformation threatens to unravel everything Sage believes about love, identity, and truth, he discovers his own hidden gifts awakening. In a world where even hope is heretical, Sage must choose between the safety of conformity and the terrifying freedom of rebellion. ​This isn’t just dystopia. It’s ritual. Myth. Memory.​ For readers of Neal Shusterman's Scythe and Margaret Atwood's The Handmaid's Tale, Ceremony of Fire is a darkly poetic exploration of power, transformation, and what we're willing to sacrifice for love. Low fantasy meets visionary fiction in a faith-driven society that feels eerily familiar.