Anarsha stands alone.The kingdom of Anarsha waits in fear. With its machines of war, the marauding Akkadian Empire has marched across the land, conquering neighboring kingdoms. Anarsha's only hope against the approaching Empire of Engines are the dragons they fight alongside.Chandra knows nothing of war. Living with her grandmother and cousin, she fills her days making candles for her family's shop. But war has come for her family, her kingdom, and she will have to take her place in it.When tragedy strikes, Chandra finds herself recruited into an army desperate to increase its ranks. Paired with a dragon named Sheboleth, the two must form a bond that will help them survive on the battlefield and see them through the war. But Anarsha will need more powerful allies still if they are to win. Desperate to save his people, the Anarshan king turns to a higher power-one even the Empire cannot conquer. But what he unleashes may lead to the ruin of all...Set a thousand years before Beyond the Throne, Before the Fall chronicles the fall of a kingdom and the rise of an empire.