Chronicles of The First Tree

Chronicles of the First Tree: Book One — TsubakiIn the boardroom, she is a genius of logistics. In the shadows, she is the key to an ancient war.Scarlet Toshiru is the youngest COO in the history of the Fortune 500. A statuesque powerhouse in a pinstriped suit, she has spent her life mastering the cold, hard logic of the corporate world. But when her car is sabotaged and a mysterious, honey-skinned stranger steps out of the moonlight, the spreadsheets she's built her life upon begin to bleed into something far more dangerous.He has been waiting twelve centuries to wake up.Ta'Keo Shiniyuri is the last of his kind—a Carpathian master of the elements, a warrior of fire and lightning who has slept for a millennium in a tomb of grief. He was betrayed by the woman he loved and robbed of the daughter he died to protect. Now, he's awake, and he has found his soul's mate in the one place he never thought to look: the executive offices of Mizune Industries.The Order is watching. The Siphon is humming.From the high-tech skyscrapers of Tokyo to a volcanic fortress in the peaks of Nagano, Scarlet and Ta'Keo must bridge the gap between modern technology and ancient blood. As Scarlet's dormant powers begin to merge with her digital "e;Interface,"e; she realizes she isn't just a vessel for the past—she is the architect of the future.With their daughter Hana awakened and the global ley lines beginning to scream, the hunt is on. The Order thinks they are tracking a ghost, but they are about to find out what happens when you try to liquidate a legend.The garden is thirsty. The Winter Rose is ready to bloom. And Scarlet Toshiru is finished playing by the rules.