Ashes and Iron: A Life Forged in Fire is a raw, unfiltered, and deeply human journey of a boy who grew up in the heat of the Caribbean streets—and a man who was reborn in the literal fires of America. From the barefoot days running through Campden Park in St. Vincent, to the brotherhoods that shaped him, to the heartbreak of losing the friends he once thought were unbreakable—Nolan Peters lays his life bare with honesty, grit, and heart. This is not a story about perfection. It’s a story about becoming. Through danger, laughter, grief, loyalty, and rebirth, Nolan takes readers into the rhythms of island childhood, the chaos of carnival streets, the collapse of lifelong friendships, and the personal fires of identity and purpose. But when he becomes a firefighter and a father, everything changes. The flames he once ran from become the flames that refine him. Told with emotional depth, cultural richness, and the wisdom drawn from loss, family values, street lessons, and spiritual echoes, Ashes and Iron is a powerful memoir about resilience, transformation, and the courage to face the mirror.