Blacklight Born
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Publisher Description
The final book in an action-packed science fiction trilogy set on a far-future world where the fate of nations is determined by single combat: "that rare book that fully satisfies me as an action fan." (Fonda Lee, author of Jade City)
The Grievar War has engulfed the Empire of Kiroth and Silas the Slayer has given voice to his warrior kin, igniting a revolution within a people once bound by a thousand years of servitude.
Cego is released into a war-torn world where the lines between shadow and light are blurred. He must decide which path to follow: one of his brother's righteous rebellion or the one that leads to the family he's finally found.
Once famed knight, Murray Pearson, leads a group of Lyceum students on an adventure across Kiroth to follow the path of combat mastery. But Murray seeks something more on this long road. Redemption.
In this explosive conclusion to the Combat Codes Saga, the truth will be revealed and one final question must be answered as they step back into the Circle:
What is the cost of losing the fight?
The Combat Codes Trilogy
The Combat Codes
Grievar's Blood
Blacklight Born
PUBLISHERS WEEKLY
Darwin's immensely satisfying conclusion to his Combat Codes trilogy (after Grievar's Blood) pulls no punches, returning to a world where international clashes are settled via one-on-one combat. Cego, a gifted Grievar fighter, seethes following his discovery that, as an infant, his body was suspended in a vat called the cradle while his mind was put through countless simulated fights at the behest of the Daimyo empire. Now he's reunited with his older brother Silas, aka the Slayer, who is targeting the Daimyo in a series of brutal attacks. Cego joins Silas's violent crusade against the empire, becoming known as the Slayer's shadow and earning the moniker the Strangler. Murray Pearson, the legendary Grievar Knight who'd been Cego's mentor, resolves to do whatever he can to reclaim Cego's soul from the hyper-violent mindset Silas has inculcated in him, hoping to find some traces of the innately honorable boy he'd known, who "always stood up for the weak." That mission coincides with a desperate rebellion against the Daimyo as the many plotlines hurtle toward an explosive finale. The martial arts scenes are as expertly devised as ever, and the riveting plot keeps the pages flying. This sends the series out on a high note.
