Ascendant · The Complete Edition

*Librarian's Note: This is an alternate-cover edition for [Ascendant](https://www.goodreads.com/book/show/18343379.Ascendant "Ascendant") — ASIN B00DAMCZQC*

Michael Cairne always thought he was just a normal teenager growing up in your average, everyday dictatorship - until he discovers he has the ability to read minds. Inside his oppressive country, about 1 in 100 people are born with a minor form of telepathy. Michael's ability is much more powerful and can be used as a weapon, which makes him the government's #1 target.

Louis Blake is an aging, ex-military general who knows what Michael is going through. After a tragic event leaves the boy alone in the world, Blake takes him under his wing, smuggling him out of the country to secretly train him in a mountain town in what used to be Colorado. With only a few years left to live, Blake intends to turn Michael into the leader his rebel faction needs.

But when Michael meets a beautiful "empath" named Arielle - and her jealous older sister, Charlotte - he begins a journey fraught with violence, betrayal, and self-discovery. As his telepathic ability and his love for Arielle grow stronger, so does something else - a need to see the world changed, whether it be to raise it up, or burn it to the ground.