Nephilim's Rise

The demons conquered the world. Now Cade Williams intends to take it back.

Five years have passed since the Fall, when the Adversary and the Seven shattered civilization and divided what remained among themselves. Humanity survives in the ruins, the Templar Order is scattered, and hope has become a dangerous thing.

But the war isn't over. Cade Williams—the Heretic—has returned, and his arrival has breathed new life into the surviving Templars. After years spent hiding, running, and fighting simply to stay alive, the resistance finally has something it hasn't had since the world fell: a reason to believe it can win.

Cade's return has brought other changes as well. The strange power that began awakening after the ritual he underwent at the hands of the Norns is growing stronger, manifesting as abilities he doesn't understand and can no longer ignore. Whatever the Norns awakened in him, Cade is beginning to realize that the consequences may be far greater than he ever imagined.

Whatever Cade Williams is becoming, he'll need every ounce of that power for the fight ahead.

The demon rulers are tightening their grip on the survivors, while prisoners disappear into strongholds and arenas where human lives are nothing more than entertainment. The resistance is badly outnumbered, its resources are dwindling, and every victory comes at a terrible price.

Then Gabrielle is taken.

Cade has already crossed the land of the dead to save his wife once, and he's not about to lose her now. But rescuing Gabrielle means striking directly at one of the most powerful demon strongholds in occupied America and confronting an enemy with ties to one of the Templar Order's darkest betrayals.

What begins as a rescue mission soon becomes something much larger. For five years, humanity has hidden from the monsters that conquered its world. The surviving Templars have fought to protect what little remains, never daring to believe they might someday take back what was stolen from them.

Cade intends to change that.

Armed with powers he's only beginning to understand and backed by warriors who finally believe victory might be possible, the Heretic is ready to turn a desperate rescue into the opening strike of a rebellion. The demons have spent years teaching humanity to fear them.

Now Cade Williams intends to return the favor.

THE HERETIC HAS RETURNED. THE WAR FOR OUR WORLD BEGINS NOW.

Nephilim's Rise is the eighth novel in the bestselling Templar Chronicles, an explosive supernatural thriller of modern Templar knights, demonic occupation, military resistance, dark fantasy, ancient secrets, and humanity's war to reclaim a fallen world. The uprising begins here.

Survival was only the beginning.

Now humanity fights back.