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Desolada

Name: Desolada
Rating: 4.58 (666 reviews)
Author: lkal92

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Book one now available on Kindle, Kindle Unlimited, and Paperback, as well as Audible.

Continuing book two every Sunday with potential extra chapters.

For millennia the demon lords known as the Goetia enslaved the human race, until a group of mortals known as the Archons received divine blessings of power and overthrew them. Under their dominion mankind flourished, though the war in the shadows never ended. A thousand years later, sixteen-year-old Leones’ family is executed for the crime of heresy. Burned to death for questioning whether the Archon of Flames is a divine being, and whether any of the Archons truly are.

After manifesting the power to control time, Leones survives and embarks on an uncertain journey for power and revenge. But if he is to overcome a god, he may need some help. Along the way he will discover the truth behind the demon lords, time, and reality itself, as he walks along the razor path.

Artwork is used with permission from the creator, @chinfongart.

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