700+ pages of post-apocalyptic action in the post-nuclear ruins of America. His telepathic gift is also a curse. But he’s all that stands in the way of an all-powerful dictator hellbent on war. When Michael Cairne discovers he is telepathic, a single mistake causes his nation’s corrupt police force to descend on him. He manages to escape by joining a group of rebels who claim to know why his psychic power is so valuable to the wrong people...and so dangerous to everyone it touches. Having reached safe haven in the post-apocalyptic ruins of a Colorado mountain town, Michael meets other gifted teens and learns of the military experiment that created them. But Michael is different—one of a kind. When triggered just right, his ability becomes something else…something terrifying. Surrounded by many who fear and hate him—and hunted by an assassin with a similar power who is getting closer by the day—Michael does what he can to survive and train without making enemies. But his worst enemy is himself. As his power grows fiercer and more unstable, so does something else: the desire to see the world changed, even if it means tearing it apart at the seams. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ASCENDANT: SEASON ONE OF BLOODCRIER \- Episode 1: Republic of Rage \- Episode 2: Nation of Nowhere \- Episode 3: State of Surrender \- Episode 4: Empire of Ashes \- Episode 5: Age of Ascendance

CHILDREN OF MENT is the second episode of ASCENDANT, an epic four-part, post-apocalyptic novel by Richard Denoncourt. The nuclear bombs we dreaded have fallen. Torn and battered, America has split into enemy states. The People's Republic suffers under a harsh dictator in the west. A free state called New Dallas struggles to thrive in the east. Between them is a wasteland. Crossing is forbidden. The world has changed, and so have its people... Born after the bombs, the "Children of the Atom" possess incredible psychic gifts. They live as slaves until one chooses to be free. His name is Michael Cairne, and he's only seventeen years old. This the epic story of a young man with the ability to dominate the minds of others. It is the story of the dying war hero who hopes to save Michael from himself. The girl who will show Michael what it means to love. An assassin who will train him to become a weapon. ...and the battle - born of betrayal - that will ignite a war over the minds of men.

Michael Cairne must come to terms with his dangerous telepathic ability during a brewing civil war inside the former ghost town known as Gulch. On the other side of the country, a Type 2 assassin has just awoken, his mission delivered by the One President find Michael Cairne using new information as to his whereabouts, and do whatever it takes to bring him back to the People's Republic alive. But a new danger stirs. More dangerous than assassins, dictators, and slavers might just be a girl who believes Michael has betrayed her, and the accusation she will launch against him will change his life forever. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ SEASON ONE OF BLOODCRIER \- Episode 1: Republic of Rage \- Episode 2: Nation of Nowhere \- Episode 3: State of Surrender \- Episode 4: Empire of Ashes \- Episode 5: Age of Ascendance \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT "This book was definitely worth the read. It has the perfect blend of sci-fi, action, adventure and romance." - Julekat, Amazon Customer "This is a book I just couldn't put down. It has everything. Personal conflict, action, love....there was even a scene that actually made me cry...My only complaint is that it ended." - Charity, Goodreads Member "This was an incredible book...If you want to see a post-apocalyptic novel done right, read this." - Kamagi, Amazon Customer "I loved this book from start to finish...It's well written, very engaging, hard to put down and the characters are well crafted. 10 out of 10 for me." - J, Amazon Customer "I loved the writing style of the book, fast paced and exciting; almost perfect... In a Impressive." - mamma, Amazon Customer "This book is masterfully written. The author uses such descriptive phrases and wording that I was just THERE so many times." - Lady Evanlee Troll, Amazon Customer

Episode 4 of Ascendant sees Michael Cairne faced with a dreadful reality. Accused of a heinous crime he didn't commit, at odds with the residents of Gulch, the only path to redemption is exile to the brutal, violent Eastlands. When Michael finds himself imprisoned in one of Harris Kole's most notorious Eastern labor camps, he must survive under the reign of General Halsidier - a cruel, calculating overseer with a plan to wipe out every prisoner within its walls. But without these men - one of whom holds the key to entering the New Dallas Republic - the dream of a freed nation Michael and Louis Blake have risked their lives building will fail. To make things worse, a strange drug will leave Michael without the one thing he has always relied on: the unique power of his telepathic brain. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ ASCENDANT: SEASON ONE OF BLOODCRIER \- Episode 1: Republic of Rage \- Episode 2: Nation of Nowhere \- Episode 3: State of Surrender \- Episode 4: Empire of Ashes \- Episode 5: Age of Ascendance \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\ WHAT READERS ARE SAYING ABOUT ASCENDANT: "This book was definitely worth the read. It has the perfect blend of sci-fi, action, adventure and romance." - Julekat, Amazon Customer "This is a book I just couldn't put down. It has everything. Personal conflict, action, love....there was even a scene that actually made me cry...My only complaint is that it ended." - Charity, Goodreads Member "This was an incredible book...If you want to see a post-apocalyptic novel done right, read this." - Kamagi, Amazon Customer "I loved this book from start to finish...It's well written, very engaging, hard to put down and the characters are well crafted. 10 out of 10 for me." - J, Amazon Customer "I loved the writing style of the book, fast paced and exciting; almost perfect... In a word: Impressive." - mamma, Amazon Customer "This book is masterfully written. The author uses such descriptive phrases and wording that I was just THERE so many times." - Lady Evanlee Troll, Amazon Customer

Alternate cover for this ISBN can be found here: [Ascendant](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/30522729.Ascendant "Ascendant") His brain is tuned to connect…and to kill… Michael Cairne has grown up in the horrific confines of the People's Republic of America, an oppressed nation torn apart by war and surrounded by an inescapable stone wall and deadly gun turrets. Every day, the ruthless dictator of his country tells citizens they are safe from the raiders and terrorists on the other side. But what really exists in the war-torn "Eastlands," where no one is allowed to venture? What horrors lurk in that post-nuclear wasteland? When Michael discovers he is telepathic, a man who lives on the other side visits him with an offer of a new life. This outlaw knows something about Michael – about the power growing in his brain, which makes him unique and dangerous, and why certain triggers cause Michael to cry blood and lose control, causing death on a mass scale. To learn the truth about the experiment that created him – and a terrifying telepathic army on the brink of being unleashed – Michael must cross to the other side and join a community of freaks and rebels who don’t trust him, some of whom will stop at nothing to make him disappear. Will he tame his power and became an Ascendant? Or fuel it with hatred and become a Bloodcrier?