The Dark Knight Rises (Book One of the Dark Series) At 100,000 words, The Dark Knight Rises delves deep into a world shrouded in mystery and darkness. Situated at the center of the world, it is surrounded by enigmatic creatures and the inhabitants who call it home. When the time comes for the Dark Knights to rise from the depths, fifty thousand souls will perish. To survive the impending apocalypse and defeat the evil threatening to consume everything, only one path remains: a male whose blood carries the last remnants of royal lineage in a world on the brink of destruction.