The Ascendant Path: The Complete Series

by Joshua C. Cook

Welcome to Alos – a world torn between the thriving, magic-free lands of the North and the untamed, mystical realms of the South. Under the vigilant guidance of Sartum, the Unsundered, the North flourishes, protected from the dark corruption of magic by the Anchors – an ancient order with the power to absorb and eradicate malevolent forces.
Meanwhile, the South stands in stark contrast – a wild, untamed land teeming with magic and peril. Amidst the chaos, non-human races such as the Trinil, Gorom, enigmatic Leuh, and a myriad of other rare and mysterious beings, establish pockets of stability.
Enter Layten Grayread – a young dreamer with aspirations of becoming a Scholar, graduating from the prestigious House of Knowledge, and dedicating his life to safeguarding the free lands of the North against the threats of magic and its monstrous creatures. When Layten's dreams finally become a reality, his life takes a thrilling turn – but destiny has other plans in store.
From Scholar to Solider, to Anchor to Captive and finally, to Unbound, Layten and his companions will find themselves thrown into more danger than they can imagine. All to fix a mistake over six hundred years in the making.
The gods have not been idle, and the final chapter of the Godsfall is being written…

1227 pages, Kindle Edition

Published June 6, 2023

About the author

Born and Raised in Sunny (sometimes) Florida, I grew up in a house of readers. I've always been into good Sci-Fi, fantasy, and technology. In fact I ended up somehow working in the IT field for the last 13 years.
One of the things that surprised me about my career was the interaction of people with technology. How blindly trusting people are of whatever the computer says on it, regardless if what it's saying is even possible.
When I decided to write, I chose to play in the space of the interaction between people and technology, and reality vs. perception.

Reviews

[Michael Tidbury · Rating 4 out of 5]

I would have given this book five stars but, sadly, there were so many typos and other typographical errors that, especially in the first three volumes, it became difficult to read. Sometimes there would be two or more errors on the same page. I emphasise that I was fine with the American spellings (e.g. gotten and color) but the other spelling and punctuation errors became annoying; especially since I had to leave a comment on each one. In volume four there was even a paragraph of what seemed to be an editorial comment which was not exactly flattering.


However, the storyline and the character development were worthy of five stars and, despite the frustrations, I would recommend others to read it after the typographical errors have been corrected.