Divine Ascension (Wattys 2024)

Ever since she was young, Melinda Grey knew she had a great destiny waiting for her. As a magical prodigy the likes of which the grand country of Obscuria had rarely seen, she had spent years and years training among those like her to preserve its glory. Unfortunately, when a great war led by a sorcerer named Patrick Hemingway manages to be worse than almost four decades of terror, causing Melinda to be faced with an evil she never could have imagined, the whole world is in danger of being ruined. However, that's only the tip of the iceberg. The trauma of a war-ridden country and many scarred psyches echoes throughout all facets of life, more horrible than the darkest of magic, especially as Melinda battles her dark side, searching for a way to preserve her tainted soul even as eldritch forces from above lead her astray, promising to reveal to her the secrets of the divine. Struggling against all odds, she gathers all her loved ones for a last stand, but will it be enough with all the odds stacked up against them?