Solar Ascension

Noxalwayshadadream,hewantedtoseethesunwithoutthehazypollutionfogthatconstantlyhungabovetheslums,healsowantedachanceatbecomingaSolarknight,theselectedfewthatweregrantedaHelionCoreandthechancetostandagainstthemonstersknownasEclipsed.ButforsomeonebornandraisedintheguttersofAureum,dreamslikethatwerenothingmorethanfantasies.TheAcademy,theshiningheartoftheSolarConfederacy,wasaworldreservedfortheprivileged—notforratsscrapingthroughmetalheapsforahandfulofcredits.Untilatier2Eclipsedsuddenlyattackedtheslumsandbysomemiracle,Noxfoundhimselfaliveandinthehandsofacrazyteacherattheacademy.Now,underthewatchofadefinitelyhalf-madAcademyinstructorwhoseemsfartoointerestedinhim,NoxfindshimselfwalkingthroughthegatesoftheSolarAcademy—theveryplaceheoncethoughtunreachable.Hedoesn’tknowityet,buthissurvivalwasn’tluck.Itwasthebeginningofsomethingfargreater.SomethingthatcouldchangeAureumforever.