FrederickWooten
Alex Spade has spent his life fighting shadows.
As a gifted warrior of the ancient Order of Light, Alex is trained to protect a fragile world from forces that exist beyond reason-demons, corrupted magic, and horrors best left unnamed. But when Order scouts begin turning up dead across the city-drained not just of life, but of Light itself-Alex realizes this is no ordinary threat.
The Hunters are back.
Once believed wiped from existence, the Hunters were created for a single purpose: to erase the Order of Light forever. They do not spread chaos. They do not crave conquest. They hunt with precision, patience, and terrifying intelligence.
And now they serve a new master.
When Alex is marked by an ancient symbol tied to a forgotten prophecy, he becomes something far more dangerous than a soldier-he becomes the Key, a living balance between Light and darkness. Hunted by the relentless Hunters and betrayed from within the Order itself, Alex is forced to question everything he's ever believed about good, evil, and the war that has shaped his life.
At the center of it all stands Shadow X, a myth whispered among the Order's oldest records-a mastermind born of rage, ambition, and the truth the Order buried. As Shadow X resurrects the Hunters and raises hellfire-fueled towers that threaten to tear reality apart, Alex and the Final Five must stand together against an enemy who knows their weaknesses... and their future.
But some wars cannot be won.
Some systems must be broken.
And some heroes are not meant to choose a side.