Hexblade

Humans possessing supernatural powers are known as Kindlers, but advances in technology owned by the non-powered overpower the Kindlers and their civil rights are stripped away. The Kindlers are quarantined at the Freederts, research facilities where they are studied by the world’s best scientists and eventually chosen to keep as merchandise for the prestigious and rich who are known as Spurs. Plus, for the public’s greatest entertainment, the Kindlers are forced to fight each other, sometimes to the death, within the state-of-the-art Colosseums worldwide. Tournaments are held, bets are made, and mankind’s lust for blood and torture is satisfied. Lyna Clifford is a kind-hearted new adult destined to continue her family’s legacy in the Spur business. Now she is about to choose her very first Kindler to enter them into competitive fights at the Colosseums for money and glory. She was hoping for a clear cut path toward the top of the rankings to make her renowned grandfather proud of her. But as her overly generous heart is both her greatest weapon and weakness and she ends up choosing a hot-tempered young man named Tatum Smith who manifests blue fire, Lyna will learn that nothing is as simple as she thought.

An unmotivated teenage boy named Jakhel Akeem finds himself unable to find an ambition or a job after the school year is over. However, he does find himself involved in a ghoul scuffle before him and his entire family dies and his sister was processed by a demon. He revives as a hexblade warlock and has a pact to protect the vessel of the Sin Beast of Lust, Amne Kimani, from warlock clans, cultists, ghouls, other Sin Beast vessels, etc., for life as his new job but he focuses on solely getting revenge on the one who he deems ruined his life. --- Book Cover Artist: Tom Artz