Purifier

An archeologist becomes host to an alien presence-and a deadly super-soldier-in the first volume of this action-packed science-fiction series. An archeologist employed by the crime lord Chanzig to locate alien artifacts, Dak Korasa discovers there's no honor among thieves when he's wounded by his team and left for dead on a hostile jungle world. On the verge of succumbing, he's saved by a sluglike organism created by an otherworldly entity. This parasite, or chok'tal, has one purpose: to alter its host's DNA, turning him into a super-soldier known as a Purifier who is then expected to serve in the "Glorious Game." Imbued with superhuman strength, speed, and endurance, Dak must kill to earn enough points to win the mysterious game-or the chok'tal will kill him. The trouble is, neither Dak nor the parasite knows how to reach the final level. Dak's only guidance comes in the form of the chok'tal's former host, elite soldier Jekra Modri. With his life on a ticking timer, Dak reluctantly engages in trials of combat, acquiring ever deadlier skills in a quest to free himself of the being mutating his body. But standing in his way is the alien warrior Akasha, who has sworn to destroy all the chok'tal-and Chanzig himself, who seeks to harness the chok'tal's power for unimaginable horrors . . . Warning: The Purifier series contains copious amounts of blood, violence, and profanity. It is not recommended for the faint of heart.

A super-soldier inhabited by an alien lifeform uncovers his secret history, true identity, and ultimate destiny in the action-packed third book of the Purifier series. Created in a lab to serve as a host to the parasitic chok'tal, Dak Korasa is a Purifier, an elite warrior genetically altered to possess superhuman strength and endurance. Compelled by the symbiote inside him, Dak engages in combat as an unwilling participant in the Glorious Game, earning points for every kill. If he fails to keep up his body count, the chok'tal will end his life. Guilt-ridden at being forced to perpetrate one massacre after another just to survive, Dak wants the alien out of his body at any cost. Rogaji is also a Purifier, but she doesn't share Dak's qualms about killing. One of the Glorious Game's greatest champions, she still can't win the contest. Because the entity who devised the game, known only as the Unmade, is uninterested in crowning a victor. It wants the game to continue forever, an endless cycle of violent slaughter and suffering. With no grand prize awaiting her, Rogaji wishes to run the Glorious Game herself. She believes Dak can open a portal to the Unmade-and together they can extinguish it. To prepare him to fight a being as powerful as the Unmade, Rogaji inserts Dak's consciousness into the Godmaker simulator for rigorous and brutal battle training. Inside the sim, Dak isn't himself but rather an alien called Beja waging war on behalf of the Suharkayan Empire. And as he becomes increasingly immersed in Beja's story, Dak begins to recover memories that will allow him to confront the Unmade and finally put an end to its vicious game . . . Warning: The Purifier series contains copious amounts of blood, violence, and profanity. It is not recommended for the faint of heart.