The Fire Is Lit, The Alpha Flame: Discovery Is Out Now


Years in the making. Pages that burned. Today, it begins.

Catherine Lynwood
Posted on August 21, 2025 by Catherine Lynwood
The Alpha Flame: Discovery by Catherine Lynwood
A symbolic release image — hopeful, burning, and full of promise.
The story is yours now. Burn bright.

It’s finally here.

After years of writing, revising, doubting, rewriting, and holding my breath, *The Alpha Flame: Discovery* is officially out in the world.

I’m not going to pretend I’m calm about this. I’ve dreamed of this day. I’ve feared it. I’ve rewritten it in my head a thousand different ways. But now that it’s real, now that the book is yours, all I want to say is thank you.

Thank you for being here. For reading. For listening. For caring. This story means more to me than I can ever truly explain, and the fact that it’s now out there for others to feel, to experience, to carry, that means everything.

This Story Almost Didn’t Happen

If you’ve read my earlier posts, you know there were scenes I almost didn’t write. Moments I thought were too heavy. Characters I thought were too broken. But I wrote them anyway. Because sometimes fiction is how we survive what we couldn’t speak aloud.

*The Alpha Flame* is about Maggie. About Beth. But it’s also about every girl who’s ever walked through fire and wondered if anyone saw her.

What Happens Next

Today, the story begins. And it won’t end here.

This is Book 1 of a trilogy. Book 2, *The Alpha Flame: Reckoning*, is already in the works. The fallout from what you’ve just read… let’s just say things get deeper, darker, and more dangerous. Secrets don’t stay buried. And neither does the truth.

If you’ve read Discovery already, or if you’re just starting, you might notice loose threads. That’s deliberate. They matter. And they’ll return.

Ways You Can Help Today

Honestly? Just being here is enough. But if you want to support this book, and me, here are a few things that really help:

  • Leave a review. On Amazon, Goodreads, Waterstones, wherever you like.
  • Tell someone about it. Word of mouth is gold.
  • Share it online. Tag me. Quote a line. Post a photo. I will love you forever.

Thank You

I wrote *The Alpha Flame* alone. But I didn’t bring it into the world alone.

To every early reader, every pre-order, every voice that said “this story matters”, thank you. I’ve never believed more in the power of books, and the power of people who read them.

Read the book here, or just sit with the knowledge that something hard, something beautiful, and something honest was born today.

Let it burn.


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