The Ninth Ascender

Jude never expected greatness. Or mercy. Or survival. Orphaned at a young age, life had not been kind to him, yet he hoped his sudden awakening would turn things around for him. Alas, the worst was yet to come. Born in the ruins of a broken world and marked by forces he barely understands, Jude is one of the newly Harmonized—individuals chosen by the stars to awaken strange and deadly powers.