The Saint’s Rise by Michael John Grist

Three thousand years ago the world fell into darkness, when the great mouth of the Rot ravaged the land. Across the glorious library city of Aradabar its dark tongues crashed down, entombing the glass towers of learning in a thick blanket of lava.

Only one woman survived the destruction, along with her son; an infant with a prophecy carved into his skin, promising the rise of a hero powerful enough to slay the Rot for good.

Now that child is a young man, beginning to question the meaning of his many scars…

Now Aradabar’s descendants live in a bustling industrial city, stocked with a thousand strange castes and ruled by a jealous King who seeks a prophecy written in skin…

Now a dark beast is watching, seeking to fulfill a promise made long ago…

And now the Rot has returned, its great black mouth gaping large in the sky, bringing chaos and fear to a world where no heroes endure…

Category: Fantasy – Epic