Books with title Ascendant

17-Year old Azalea’s best friend Leo has been missing for three days. She learns that he was last seen jumping the gates leading to Hallow Hill Asylum. Dozens of people have gone to explore the abandoned structure and never returned. There are rumors. Some say the missing people were murdered by a satanic cult and used in gruesome rituals. Others say the asylum is owned by an evil doctor who uses innocent victims for twisted experiments. Even so, Azalea trudges through the dark forest and makes her way straight to the source of the harrowing tales. Leo has always been there for her, good times and bad, and she can’t shake the feeling that he is in danger, and that she is running out of time. Demons, Monsters, ghosts, and human experimentation?! Get ready for an action-packed tale of horror as young Azalea bravely ventures into the depths of the unknown Hallow Hill Asylum and discovers whether there is any truth to these tales.

Forget everything you ever knew about unicorns. The fluffy, sparkly, friendly “horses” so popular the world over don’t exist. Real unicorns are killers. Don't miss book 2 in the thrilling Killer Unicorn series!Beasts the size of elephants, with cloven hooves that shake the earth, hides impervious to bullets, and horns that contain a deadly poison, unicorns can outrun a sports car and smell a human from a mile away.And they can only be killed by virgin warriors descended from Alexander the Great.Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can't solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend, Giovanni, has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend's powers are mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid can't help but feel that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are impossible dreams.So when she's given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover the Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants—or can she?At Gordian headquarters in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and—most of all—her duty as a hunter.Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?

Six Giant Assassins. Goliath Was Only the First.Everyone thinks they know the story of David.No one has heard it told this way before.In the days of Samuel, Israel’s worst enemy is the Philistines: bloodthirsty worshippers of Dagon the fish god.Goliath is but one member of an elite warrior cult of six giants, The Sons of Rapha, whose sole ambition is to kill the promised messiah king of Israel.As David rises, he must flee the demon-possessed King Saul, avoid assassination, withstand the seduction of a Philistine queen, conquer the last of the giants in Israel and overcome his own weakness for many wives.This gritty romantic action-adventure story will take you places in the Bible you’ve never seen before.There is so much more to the story than you ever realized.The War of the Seed continues.David Ascendant is the seventh book of the series Chronicles of the Nephilim, a biblical epic story of the fallen angelic Watchers and their offspring, the Nephilim giants of Genesis 6.Written by respected Christian and best-selling Biblical author, Brian Godawa.On The Age Appropriateness Of The NovelsThis Biblical Fiction series is rated PG-13, appropriate for mature teens and above, similar to the Bible and The Lord of the Rings.

THIS IS THE THIRD BOOK IN THE TRULONIAN TRILOGYIf you have not read the first two books, do not read any further to avoid spoilersAndy and the others make it to the coast after narrowly escaping Juno's grasp. Their fight is just beginning though, and with Juno still on the loose with his Trulonian killing toxin, they'll have to race the clock to find a cure and save one of their own. The task won't be easy though, and the group will find themselves split in many different directions with different goals in mind. In the end they'll have to unite to not only defeat Juno but to change the world as they know it.Andy finds help from an unlikely source, Canon and Leo discover something about themselves they never knew, and Kale searches for redemption from his time with the Resistance. Jess Petosa leads us on a daring journey full of twists and surprises in this much anticipated conclusion to the Trulonian Trilogy.

The Wanderers could see the future: civil war and destruction. They could not change it. After Mohor’s death, Jara’s family is split up. She is sent to Arad with Vio, both Orban’s prisoners. Saline is kept in Severin, in Aron’s hands. Dochia is sent to infiltrate the Serpentist Sect, and she will not return to Frankis for some time. The Circle and the Wanderers recruit the Duke of Peyris and the Duke of Tolosa to destroy Codrin, who has found refuge in Poenari. Armies from all over Frankis gather under the walls of Poenari to lay siege, and chaos may be the only victor.

When I was twelve, my mother disappeared. I was the first person to never find her. I'm sixteen now and she has never been found, alive or dead. I'm not the girl I should have been. When Charlotte Stevens, bright but failing, is sent to stay at her mother's childhood home in Somerset England her life is changed forever. While exploring the lavish family manor, Gaersum Aern, Charlotte discovers a stone puzzle box that contains a pentagram necklace and a note from her mother-clues to her family's strange past and her mother's disappearance. Charlotte must try to solve the puzzle box, decipher her mother's old journals, and figure out who is working to derail her efforts-and why. The family manor contains many secrets and hidden histories, keys to the elegant mystery Charlotte called mom and hopefully, a trail to finding her.

Astrid Llewelyn is now a fully trained unicorn hunter, but she can't solve all her problems with just a bow and arrow. Her boyfriend, Giovanni, has decided to leave Rome, the Cloisters is in dire financial straits, her best friend's powers are mysteriously disintegrating, and Astrid can't help but feel that school, home, and her hopes of becoming a scientist are impossible dreams. So when she's given the opportunity to leave the Cloisters and put her skills to use as part of a scientific quest to discover the Remedy, Astrid leaps at the chance. Finally, she can have exactly what she wants—or can she? At Gordian headquarters in the French countryside, Astrid begins to question everything she thought she believed: her love for Giovanni, her loyalty to the Cloisters, and—most of all—her duty as a hunter. Should Astrid be saving the world from killer unicorns, or saving the unicorns from the world?

I’ll never let them control me...I’ve been lied to, deceived, and manipulated—again. You’d think I’d be treated with dignity and respect. I’m the one who’s supposed to save humanity, right? I’m the one with the power to re-populate this dying world. But the clones want to control me, force me to give birth over and over again. And my daughters will face the same fate—unless I change it. My awakening into this future should have been a chance for a new life, but it just promises a living death. With Michael on my side, though, maybe I can save us. He’s the only person I can trust.I hear rumors of others... A secret society is growing. Tension is building. A rebellion is imminent.