From Ashes to Gold is a quiet, uncompromising book about power, purpose, and inner mastery. Written from the perspective of a lifelong seeker who chose the inner path without abandoning the outer one, this book describes a journey through ambition and surrender, success and disillusionment, wilderness and return. It is not a startup story nor a spiritual memoir-but a unique blending of both.

For builders and seekers, it offers an honest account of initiation: the descent that dismantles identity, the clarity that follows, and the discipline required to live truth without retreating from the world.

Anik and his wife Daniela, live in Mt Shasta, California.