Six of the seven gods that once ruled the land are dead. Slaughtered by one of their own kind, these six deities fought alongside mankind in a desperate battle for survival. The Pale King was victorious against the humans, and has enslaved them to serve his twisted will. Mankind lives in fear and poverty. Constant sacrifices must be given to sate the Pale King, including human lives. The Death Mark is given randomly to those who reach their eighteenth birthday. If someone is marked, they must be sacrificed, or have their lives taken from them by force. August is a shepard in the small village of Trent. He despises the Pale King, blaming him for the death of his mother. As August's eighteenth birthday quickly approaches, he hopes to avoid being marked so he can marry the girl of his dreams, Sera. Sera shares a birthday with August, and fears the Death Mark more than the Pale King himself. As a lowly farm girl and the sole provider for her family, being marked would mean certain starvation for her loved ones. Fate and magic intertwine to give these two a birthday they will never forget, forcing them to flee from their homes in search of an ancient magic. With danger around every turn, August must balance protecting those he loves, and confornting the evil that desperately persues him. "Ride now on the winds of fate, Vanquish the throne, born by hate. Lead the world with strength and love, Brace yourself, the Herald comes."

Phoenix is a young Fire Elemental from a city in the fire country called Yaag. He has the altogether unheard of ability to receive fallen Elementals powers for a short time, as long as he is in close proximity to them at the time of their death. A bone chilling prophecy will turn him into a seemingly power hungry villian, but what are his real motives for the atrocities he is committing?

Ben is left by his schizophrenic babysitter to die in the desert and saved by what he can only describe as an angel. This seems to have broken some kind of wall, somewhere in the universe: twelve years later, he begins experiencing extreme paranoia, terrible migraines, and hallucinations that just might not be hallucinations. A being charged with protection, named Ismat, wakes in the night with a raging pain in her side and knows she has a new mission.... and that's just the first few chapters. The paranormal and the probable combine in this story to create a tale centered around ancient betrayal, modern secrecy, and the supernatural.

War has come to Elaech. In order to fund his new war in Gallanuul, King Allard Navri has placed unbearably high taxes on his people, taxes that they simply cannot pay. Mothers send their sons off to die for a king who cares nothing for them in a war they want no part of. Families crumble under the pressure of collecting enough money just to stay alive. Children are forced to work in slave-like conditions in order to keep food on the table. One man, however, does not stand for this. Dorad Erilion, a young lord of Elaech and a member of the former King's court, calls for the people to rise up in revolution against this new king. The lesser lords, who are suffering under the new reign because of the loss of the peasantry, flock to Dorad Erilion's banner in the hopes of defeating the King Allard in his mighty castle in Werach. This rebellion must succeed, however, for if they do not, no mortal strength can save them from the wrath of the Coward King.

War. Blood. Death. Sadness. Guilt. As the third prince of the world's most powerful country, Fileatte, Kei knows none of those things. He is the outcast prince that everyone knows and laughs about in their homes. The boy without a mother. The boy who was born with silver hair. The boy who hides a cursed eye. Yet, he is hidden from these insults, sheltered by his title. But when the his father is murdered and Kei finds himself banished from his land he starts to find out about everything, though the rumors started to change and eventually vanished as people thought him dead. He enters war and sheds blood, his own and others. He fights to live, he kills to live. Kei feels sadness at the death of his loved ones; he feels guilt at having his hands bloodied by the warm red liquid of others. But these harden him. Kei becomes what no one thought he could become. He finds himself thrust into a battle between Goddesses. His gift that had made him an outcast lends him power and he becomes something beyond what even he could have imagined. Kei becomes a Goddesses Champion. Welcome to the Council of Champions. "How have I not heard of this story before? It was beautifully written. Loved it" -fallingfromheaven "Just so you know, I burnt my toast. I couldn't stop reading this." -Mikayla01 "Simply amazing. Description is spot on and I'm hooked. The characters are so intense I feel connected to them." -Bettereveryday