SANCTUS : Rise of the DIVINES

Elias Kane overdosed in a slum hospital. His heart stopped. The doctors gave up.  Street rat. Orphan. Nobody. That's all Elias was supposed to be—another forgotten kid in Ashwell's filthy slums, stealing bread to survive one more day. Then a stranger's prayer reached something vast and terrible. Sanctus answered. Elias woke marked. Thrown into a nightmare realm where time moves differently, Elias must defeat one hundred demons to earn his power—alone, with nothing but golden flames and a voice that promises: "You are Mine. I am with you." Three years of hell. Three days on Earth. One hundred demons burned to ash. But survival was just the beginning. When he returns, Elias isn't the boy who left.He's faster. Stronger. Sharper. Powers that took others months to master? He learned in years of survival. Demons that disciples can't see? He's killed a hundred. Now at Aspencrest Academy, Elias faces a new battlefield: proving that divine favor doesn't need a pedigree. That power earned in blood and fire trumps power inherited through bloodlines.That a boy from the gutters can stand among saints.He didn't ask to be chosen. But he'll damn well finish what was started.