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The Path of Frozen Fire

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The Path of Frozen Fire

By: Matt Langford
Narrated by: Michael Kramer
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The Path has never allowed anyone to return...

For generations, the ashen of Promised Vale have survived by sending one champion each year up the Path.

At the summit, above the cloudline, waits the Devourer, a monster no village champion has ever defeated. If no one ascends, it comes down to feast. Riven has spent his life serving the Keepers who enforce this law. As captain of the village guardians, he protects Promised Vale from the scalehound packs that hunt beyond its walls and carries out the Keepers’ orders to preserve the village’s peace and prosperity. He has never questioned the sacred oaths that bind him to their command.

But, on his wedding day, the Keepers halt the ceremony and name his bride as the next champion.

Riven is ordered to stand aside as his beloved is sent up the Path, never to return. To resist the Keepers would mean betraying his rank, defying the men under his command, and breaking the sacred oaths that have shaped his life. To obey would mean surrendering her to the Devourer.

Now Riven is forced to choose between remaining faithful to the village he has sworn to protect, or abandoning everything to follow her up the Path of Frozen Fire.

©2026 Matt Langford (P)2026 Matt Langford
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Amazing adventure story with characters you’ll find yourself rooting for. Short but punchy. The only comment I have is that it sounds exactly like Brando Sando…and not just because Mr. Kramer narrated it. (Who as usual did a great job. GOAT) Like from the descriptions, the beats, writing style, action scenes, plot, down to having a character say “BAH”! But well that’s not a bad thing, now is it? No. It’s delightful it’s what it is. If Brandon fails to finish the Cosmere now we know who we’re gonna call.

I thought I was reading Sanderson

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