An ancient dark energy is trapped underneath a stone sealed by sorcery. A young boy by the name of Zygah, hated by his father and brother, is sent to hunt a dangerous beast. Things go terribly wrong, leaving him mortally wounded. He has two options: He could die… or… He could allow this parasitic evil to come into him. To save him. To control him.

In a world divided into four territories, each with their own unique sun, color, race, and culture, Esh is born and abandoned in the cruelest of all. The red territory of Reah. A land in which every day is an absolute struggle for survival. One day, an elderly man discovers the boy mortally wounded on the side of the ash-filled streets and takes pity on him, a kindness unknown in the land of Reah. Then, using unorthodox training, he beats the skills necessary for the boy to endure the harshness of the territory. Skills of a master assassin. Combat. Sorcery. Alchemy. All is going well until a dark and forgotten energy finds its way into young Esh's body. Wreaking havoc on his mind, it threatens to drag his spirit into darkness. If Esh doesn't use all his mental and physical strength to combat the ancient evil energy then he will surely be defeated.

A journey this assassin isn’t ready for… His best friend is dying an agonizing death. The love of his life has shut herself off from him. His parents once thought dead, are actually alive. The ancient evil that terrorized his young life has been reawakened. Esh makes the daring decision to journey across the dangerous skies over the Endless Sea towards the Fifth Territory of Auroth where he hopes to find answers. There, he will be met with an entirely new race, a race of perfection. It is here he learns of a new form of powerful sorcery, the Radiance. Only with this power can Barish be saved. However, Esh’s plan comes to a halt when he discovers that the source of this power, the Lambent Heart, has been stolen and the remaining energy has all but been used to heal those harmed in the violent ransacking. Not only does the fate of his best friend lie on his shoulders, but now so do the souls of an entire civilization. As Esh turns his attention to tracking down the Lambent Heart, his own heart sinks for that of which he seeks lies in the chest of a seven-hundred-foot monster. And it’s headed his way.

Born of war, heir to the throne of the Blue Territory, Makeo has never lived a normal life. His brutal training at the hands of the kingdom’s greatest assassins combines with his natural talent to make him an unstoppable warrior. And an arrogant one. When word reaches the king that their enemies are planning a massive invasion, donning armor and wielding weapons beyond their power to defeat, Makeo is determined to fight to save his kingdom. The Wisp, an ancient and evil parasite with the power to fully control its host, has laid dormant for all these years… until now. The Wisp beckons to Makeo, filling his head with promises of glory, of victory, of peace for all Five Territories. What Makeo doesn’t know, is that all this comes with a heavy price… his soul. Can Makeo hold himself back from the manipulations of the Wisp? Or will he succumb to its call and release it from its imprisonment, dooming the whole world? This book is for you if you