Synopsis

HisCrestCardsaysRANKF.SUMMONER.ThesonofEdmundKane,SS-ranklegend,themanwhosingle-handedlydraggedadeadprofessionbackintorelevance,andthatiswhattheceremonystoneproduced.AnF-rankSummoner.Adeadman'sprofession.Hisfather'snameattachedtoarankthatmeansnothing.Healreadyknewhowtosurvivehumiliation.HouseHarwickhadbeenteachinghimsincehewaseleven,theyeartheiradvocates,theirbribes,andtheirfabricateddebtrecordsputhisfatherinadetentioncellandhisfamilynameintheground.FiveyearsinGreyfen'slowercity.ThenCaldmoreAcademyonascholarship.Thenthreeyearsofbeingthequietone.Theonewhocoveredforhisteamoneveryrunandneveraskedforanythingback.OnthethirdflooroftheCaldmoredungeon,histeamleaderlookedathimbleedingonthestonefloorandmadeadecision.Theyleft.Heshouldhavedied.Thewraithhadalreadydonethework.Thecoldwasalreadyinhischest.Instead,silence.Thensomethingvastandpatientexhalingforthefirsttime.[INFINITEGACHASYSTEM:ONLINE][VOIDREGISTRY:ACTIVE][FIRSTPULL:AVAILABLE]Sheconstitutedfromnothing:lightgathering,formsettling.Eyesclosed.Thenopen.Shewasalsojustthefirst.Heisgoingtocollecteveryoneofthosedebtsfromthoseheisowed.Infull.Inpublic.Withinterest.Andtheextraordinarywomenarrivingfromdestroyedworlds,onebyone,pullbypull,eachoneSSS-rank,aregoingtomakesureheliveslongenoughtodoit.[R18:Violence·Stronglanguage·Explicitcontent·Powerfantasy·Harem·Revenge]