Nineteen-year-old Luke Sanchez was doing well at college until demons showed up at his campus and possessed his girlfriend. Luckily he solved that problem with a special ability only he possessed: to summon fire from the palm of his hand. The gift was granted to him by the archangel Uriel, one of the seven archangels in Christianity who adopt mentally stagnated children and imbue them with special powers.
However, Luke needed to know more about his heritage, so when the opportunity arrived to study at an academy for his kind up in the Rocky Mountains, he took it, leaving his friends, school, family, and the love of his life behind. He learns that mentally distracted children can only unlock the power within them at the cost of their innocence. And when he gets chosen by the school to carry out a dangerous mission to the Garden of Eden to help "save" a mentally lost child, he encounters monstrous creatures, demons, turned angels, and a betrayal that puts his new school's safety in jeopardy.
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This story is complete!
Ranked #11 in Catholic Category
Genres: Young Adult Fantasy, Paranormal (Angels & Demons), Adventure
Rated: PG-13 for Language and Mild Violence (It'll be a movie inside your head)
If you have any interest in angels and demons, Christianity, super powers, Hogwarts, the Hunger Games, or Percy Jackson, then you're going to love this story.
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Sent out to get stronger over three years... just to be the Fates' pawns? Emerys has a different idea about her future. But will she be allowed to live it? Or will the Fates' take the reins?
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Every year, kids are sent out in teams of four. They have to learn to survive outside the village, put their training to good use, and get stronger. Just for one purpose.
For one to be chosen to fight the Immortal that awaits them at the end of their journey.
That's the Path the Fates have decided for the village. And that's what has killed countless men and women in pursuit of what seems like a hopeless task.
Emerys is just another part of another team that has been sent out to get stronger. She knows how to fight, and she knows how to bide her time. But can she learn to trust?
To trust the mysterious archer, Hanna?
To let the hot-headed mage, Pyr, watch her back?
To let the quiet healer, Pippa, take care of her?
Three harsh years of training in the world outside her village will hopefully make her stronger, wiser and better than anyone else. But she's not doing it to fight the Immortal. She's doing it for freedom.
However, the Fates she's refused to believe in have different plans for her.
Will she fight their design? Or succumb to their wishes?
Follow Emerys through her adventures as she fights for her life in the world outside the village. She will find new mentors, forge friendships for a lifetime, and learn how to navigate through a world that relies on mana with what little she has.
See for yourself what the Fates decide.
May the Fates bless your Path.