The Anointed

He's a jerk. She knows it. Can they save the world anyway?Xinlas¿s life goal is modest: he wants to be a living legend, revered in song and story. And he¿s off to a good start. He faced death once, and won. His legend grew -- at least in his own mind.Fame comes calling on Xinlas again, or so he thinks, when he¿s flying a dragon one afternoon and stumbles on a hidden village. The village has a resource that no one¿s ever seen before, something that can enable invasions of foreign lands. It is a force so powerful that a ruthless king will kill for it.Along the way, Xinlas meets a mysterious orange-haired girl on a river. Greengrass is like no one he¿s ever met. He tries to woo her, and can¿t understand why she doesn¿t fall for his charms like every other girl.But Greengrass is not every other girl. She is, in fact, the key to stopping the ruler who would enslave millions and crush the world under his throne. Xinlas can¿t let that happen, but he'll need help. Help from Greengrass. The problem is that she can¿t stand him. Will Xinlas become the hero he believes he can be, or will he break under the weight of his destiny -- and his own arrogance? The fate of civilization rests on his choices.