The Path of the Sword (Rites of Ascension Book 1)
Haunted by a terrifying past.
At five years of age, Jurel Histane does not understand why the horrible men are hurting his parents. His mother's twisted body lies in the corner of their home staring without seeing. His father's last words to him before joining her are that he must flee for his life. He does, running from the vicious raiders who have destroyed his family.
Hunted by a terrible foe.
Living with his foster father on a small farm, strange things begin to happen to him. Surges of darkness overwhelm him, leaving him not only confused but utterly terrified.
When one of these surges overwhelms him, he is forced into exile from the farm and his foster father. Lost and alone, he runs.
But it isn't long before he discovers that an enemy with near unlimited power and influence is searching for him.
Forced to face a dreadful secret.
The dark surges continue to overwhelm him as he flees from those who seek him and with the help of an itinerant healer, begins to understand that he is not like others.
And the more he learns, the more he wonders which is the worse fate: capture and torture by those who seek him, or learning who he really is.
