
Alex
The Guardian
Returned to life without his consent, Alex carries grief, anger, and little faith in the gods he once served. He wants their promise that his next death will be his last. Getting it means facing them again.

Book One of The Awakened Series
Death was supposed to be the end.
The gods brought Alex back. He wants their promise that they’ll never do it again. But securing his right to die means confronting the powers that refuse to let him go.
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Two centuries after his death, Alex returns to a world he no longer knows—and a life he never asked to reclaim.
Once a Guardian of the gods, he remembers what serving them cost him: his wife, his son, and his faith. Now he wants only one thing from them. An oath that when he dies again, they will leave him dead.
But finding the gods means navigating a changed world. Cassie, a blind healer, may offer him a way forward. Their encounter draws him into a search that reaches beyond his resurrection and back toward the losses he thought he understood.
As old certainties unravel, Alex must confront how much control the gods still hold over his life—and what he is willing to do to take it back.

The Guardian
Returned to life without his consent, Alex carries grief, anger, and little faith in the gods he once served. He wants their promise that his next death will be his last. Getting it means facing them again.

The Healer
Cassie has little patience for men who insist they’re fine when they clearly aren’t. A blind healer with a sharp tongue and a will of her own, she won’t let Alex’s temper silence her—or stop her from acting when his life is at stake.

The Sharp Tongue
Laryn has a talent for saying exactly what Alex doesn’t want to hear. Blunt and unimpressed by Cassie’s unexpected guest, he sees no reason to hold his tongue—and even less reason to share his room.

Alex’s story begins among gods whose power reaches beyond the grave. Explore the divine, the Guardians, and the bonds that shape a world where death is no certain ending.
Explore the Awakened WorldRetribution is Book One of The Awakened Series.
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