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Author:
C. S. Wachter
Ages:
adults teens + young adults
Genres:
fantasy
BookTags:
assassins epic magic prophecies The Seven Words series
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“The Light Arises will leave readers craving the next word for the next world.”
—Lorehaven review, winter 2018

The Light Arises

Rayne must face the darkness within himself, accept his calling as Light Bringer of the One, and find the golden-haired girl from his dream.
C. S. Wachter · May 2018 · No comments · fantasy for adults, teens + young adults

In the fullness of time, the Light Bringer will arise. The lost will be found and he will bring to light my seven words hidden on the seven worlds, and I will guide his steps.

When Rayne dreams of a golden-haired girl and the voice of the One calling him to bring light to Veres, he knows the scroll he must seek next is the Words of the One to Veres. But only those involved with the brutal games staged by the powerful Sorial merchants, are allowed access to Veres. To infiltrate the games, and skip to the isolated world, Rayne must, once again, become the warrior-slave Wren.

Lady Alexianndra Erland’s world was shattered three years ago when a young assassin destroyed her home and disabled her father. Now she leads the rebel faction. When news reaches her that the royal Prince of all Ochen is at the Andersen House Gaming Complex, Lexi devises a plan to compel King Theodor to help her people. Her strategy? Kidnap the prince when he leaves the games, and use him to gain the king’s attention.

When morning light reveals the truth, will Lexi find her hoped for leverage with the king, or the assassin of her nightmares? And will Rayne be able to convince the girl of his dream to look past her desire for vengeance long enough for him to fulfill his calling?

Book 2 in The Seven Words series.

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The Light Arises will leave readers craving the next word for the next world.
Lorehaven Review Team, winter 2018

What’s more painful than a childhood spent enslaved to an evil sorcerer? Watching your long-lost parents fall under said sorcerer’s influence. The Light Arises picks up where The Sorcerer’s Bane leaves off, with young Rayne Kierkengaard restored to his rightful place as Crown Prince of Ochen. Then book 2 of C. S. Wachter’s Seven Words series wastes no time upending his world yet again. This time it’ll take more than personal transformation for Rayne to banish the shadows. He’ll need to persuade all seven worlds to worship the One—the story-world’s God-analogue.

This divine mission begins at home, but home grows distinctly unwelcoming after the arrival of Rayne’s cousin Brayden. This insufferable aristocrat plots to steal the throne from under Rayne’s nose and has been spinning a poisonous web of enchantment over the king and queen since boyhood. But what’s bad for the prince may redound to Ochen’s benefit. Rayne departs through an interplanetary portal on an errand for the One, unaware of the desperate gauntlet he has yet to run.

Characterization continues to be a strength of this series: the cast’s actions are well-motivated, if over-explained (everyone talks like a therapist). Rayne’s burgeoning relationship with the One shines refreshing light on the post-conversion practice of Christianity-in-all-but-name, but also leans a bit too heavily on deus ex machina moments. What the story loses through convenience, however, it makes up through the unflinching infliction of distress. It’s easy to forget about a sovereign God when the blade of suffering bites—both in real life and in Ochen. The Light Arises will leave readers craving the next word for the next world.

Best for: Adults seeking a fantastical exploration of true faith in punishing circumstances.

Discern: Sadistic emotional and physical abuse, gruesome violence, some suggestive humor.

C. S. Wachter
C. S. Wachter self-published The Sorcerer’s Bane in 2018. She lives in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania and has enjoyed Christian fantasy all her life.

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