The Last Summoner Novels & Stories

I definitely couldn't portal back to our world yet, but I could now summon one of the demons if I needed to. I caught sight of Hunter leaving Tamner's hut, his expression dark enough that I didn't want to bother him as he walked out towards the edge of the village. Instead, I reached out along the family web of Talent in my mind, to see how far he was going, when something else caught my attention. I could feel Hunter. Tessa and Anissa were over by the warrior's fire, but there was a forth. Miles away, on the very edge of what I could currently sense. I stood, turning toward it. I didn't recognize the flare, but it was, undoubtedly, another Summoner.

"Mine either." We sat there for a minute, not talking, just letting the ordinary sounds of the park fill the space instead, and something about the silence felt less hostile than it had any right to, given everything sitting between us. "I've been looking," I said finally, because I'd promised myself in the car on the way over that I wasn't going to dance around it. "For who it was. I've talked to almost everyone I can think of who was at that party. I haven't found anything."

"They never do, not from that. You've no idea the number of rogues we tested it on first, just to make sure." He laughed cruelly then, sounding like he only had a tenuous grip on sanity, "And she'll find more. Elyanna won't be able to block then forever. Eventually, it will take you too, Laila, you can't run or hide. The summoning persists until it completes its task, so the only question is how many you allow it to take before you." My face paled, and I looked up at Thane, feeling a touch of fear threading through my emotions.

He froze. “Mother,” he whispered. “You need to see this.” Ariadne strode to him with Ianthe behind her. Alessia’s heart hammered. “What is it? Another assassin?” “No,” Eryx said. “Worse.” Alessia stepped closer and her breath left her lungs. Outside, across the solar horizon, three beams of light rose into the sky. One gold. One silver. One dark violet. A heralding and a declaration. The Three Empires had activated the Summoning Pyres.

final bids for the "End of the Saga." "The 'Final Act' is a 'Class-Action Buyout', Sovereign!" Isabella laughed, her form now miles long as she merged with the system’s logic. "The Architects are selling the 'Remains of the North' to the 'Void-Architects'! You are being 'Liquidated' to pay for the 'Next Series'!"

With all hope seemed lost, the heroes of Ren'veil led by Rio swordtaker found hope in the most unlikely place. They found one of the lost tomes of the Wolf father within the ruins of Galathron it held the rights of summoning. With this tome, they could summon only one hero to Ren'veil though the price to pay for the summoning required a mage and a priestess to enact the summoning rights and bound their Spiritual Energy and their Etherial energy to the summoned hero.

Alpha Arkane held my hand and raised it into the air. "Today, we've discovered a great wolf within our pack!" he shouted. Everyone shouted. I no longer had to hide who I am. I am Salem Harpen, a born Luna, and the last surviving River Pack Member.

Leo asked, his voice cutting through the doubt. ​Ren tapped a series of commands into his cracked tablet, his face pale in the screen’s glow. "The Summit Building is a 'World of Glass.' Every floor is transparent, monitored by AI-driven retinal scanners. There are no walls to hide behind, no shadows to slip through. It’s designed to be a temple of 'transparency,' but it’s actually a high-frequency kill-box. If we enter as shifters, the glass will vibrate at a frequency that will shatter our bones."

Ink of iron-red spelled a single sentence in her twin’s hand: “Come to the Bloodforge Keep or lose everything... your daughters, your lovers, your soul.” She crushed the parchment, letting crimson flakes drift away. Around her, Selene clasped Ryker’s hand, Caelum and Kaelia exchanged grim smiles. Selene’s storm-gray gaze met Nyra’s silver-gold. “This is the final summons.” Ryker knelt, head bowed. “We go together, or we fall apart.” Caelum’s voice was steel. “No power left unclaimed.”

“Something is coming. Bigger than the rogues. Bigger than Alistair. And we’re at the center of it.” Suddenly, the wind shifted. From the shadows, a long, mournful howl echoed through the trees. Callum’s eyes narrowed. “That wasn’t one of ours.” “No,” Victor said, stepping forward. “That was a summon.” Lily’s stomach dropped. “Summon for what?” Victor turned slowly, his face pale. “For war.”