The Transcendent Green

Magic tears through an unsuspecting Earth, bringing mythology and monsters to life — and giving humanity a chance to prove their mettle. All Calum Green wants is to reach what remains of his family. Ninety miles of the Scottish Highlands stand between him and his home in coastal Oban — and he doesn't want to make that trek with his cheating ex-girlfriend's bestie at his side. Eilidh MacIntosh has always disliked Calum, and she's now armed with a bloody claymore on top of her disdain. But the ascension directive is clear: humans cannot survive this new world alone. With Calum's magic and their combined bad luck, the unlikely duo accidentally trigger a rare ascension quest: to find the perpetrator of a dangerous, corrupt magic that could make all of humanity an endangered species.

Magic tears through an unsuspecting Earth, bringing mythology and monsters to life — and humanity's trial continues. With Eilidh loose in the countryside of Argyll, Calum and his friends are always one step behind. They don't know her route, only that Lord Sackington's people have murdered the team sent to rescue vulnerable refugees. But Eilidh has left a trail of magical breadcrumbs that only Calum can follow. When they encounter the full horror of Sackington's hunger for power, it's no longer a few ragtag Scots against the wilds — it's a band of survivors against a rising evil. Their haven in Oban is in peril, and the beithir is back.

The community of Oban is thriving — but Calum knows that can't last when new threats are born every day. Anomalies won't stop coming. Dangers press in from the sea to the west and overland from the south. Every new ally arrives with news of encroaching horrors. When the anomalies claim a friend, the race is on to find anything that can fight the next wave of change. Oban has had a taste of what it means to thrive. First, they'll need to survive what has risen from the abyss.

Corruption. Chaos. Conniving creatures. Earth's ascension continues, and Calum and Eilidh are on the trail of the corruption that has claimed their friend. Their community in Oban is growing and they can now travel to waypoints beyond its walls — but as their friend's condition worsens and new threats rise to the south, time is running out.

The world teeters on the precipice between salvation and damnation. With the anomaly in control of one of Scotland's major cities and tens of thousands devoured, the race to find a solution is on. When members of Calum's inner circle fall to an incurable sickness, the situation grows desperate. The anomaly is on the move, and if they don't find a way to stop it once and for all, all of Earth will fall. If they thought one apocalypse was bad, this second one could leave the entire planet in ruins.