Dark Ascension

Marak has sworn to rule the world. Marak is a sixteen-year-old farmer's son, innocent and ignorant-he spends his days working in the fields, dreaming of ruling the world. When Sir Renatir, a wandering knight, agrees to take Marak on as his squire, Marak is thrust into a world of shadow and violence. He soon finds himself in an unfamiliar city, where a mysterious figure known as the exarch is gathering power . . . If Marak is to survive this new world and fulfill his own dreams of power, he'll need to first become a knight, gather allies, and master the arcane arts. The realm of Telemir is a lethal place, full of enemies, warring kings, monsters, and dangerous opponents . . . But Marak is more dangerous, and he'll do anything to win. Contains mature themes.

Marak has sworn to rule the world. But first he must become King. In only a handful of years, Marak has managed to go from farmboy to knight, from knight to infamous renegade. He has gained access to arcane power, wields an ancient and deadly blade, and has, by his side, loyal friends and allies. But Marak's greatest challenges still lie before him. To become a King, he must first take control of Amin, City of Shadows. And to do that, he'll need to defeat The Exarch, the powerful and shadowy figure who calls himself Lord of Amin. And amidst assassins, invading armies, and the perils that come with his own powers, Marak is soon forced to wonder just how far he'll go to realize his own ambitions. Just how high a price is he willing to pay to become King? Contains mature themes.

After years of struggle and bloodshed, Marak is finally king. But his rise to power has only just begun. In the far south, amongst the mountains and snow, Iradan, the youngest Saint in the history of the Ascendancy, vows to take Marak's head and burn his kingdom to the ground. The coming war threatens to undo everything Marak has worked so hard to achieve. Marak will need to consolidate his power, put an end to a bloody rebellion, and forge new alliances with distant empires. But with enemies closing in from all sides, Marak finds himself in the middle of an entirely different war. One waged between gods. Contains mature themes.

The army of the Ascendancy is hammering at the gates. Iradan, Saint of the Green Star, has sworn to take Marak's head and burn his empire to the ground. But the gods can be fickle. For Marak, the Ascendancy is just one obstacle on his path to becoming the most powerful being in the universe. Marak finds himself increasingly forced to commit brutal acts. But every action has a consequence, and even as the Autarch wins one battle, another is lost. If he is to maintain an iron grip on his empire-and continue to expand it-he'll have to root out the treachery spreading at the Autarchy's heart . . . And in order to rule the world, Marak must first ascend. Contains mature themes.