Description

Some journeys begin with violence. Others begin with home. Aria's began with both.

Fourteen-year-old Aria has always been different from her Water Tribe family—her blonde hair and amber eyes marking her as an outsider even among those who love her. When fire-wielding raiders destroy her village and drag her into slavery, that difference becomes a target for cruelty beyond imagination.

Forced to fight for survival in brutal colosseum games, Aria forms an unlikely bond with massive lion beasts and discovers a mysterious golden staff that responds to her touch. But freedom comes at a terrible price, and the journey home transforms from a quest for reunion into a pilgrimage of healing.

As she travels through a world where elemental masters shape reality with their will, Aria must learn that true strength isn't found in anger or vengeance, but in the courage to remain compassionate despite unthinkable trauma. With ancient powers stirring and war threatening her homeland once more, she'll need every lesson the path has taught her.

Because the girl who was taken is not the same as the one who returns—and sometimes that's exactly what the world needs.

The Ghost of White: Where survival becomes strength, loss becomes wisdom, and the longest journey is always the one back to yourself.