Crimson Ascension: The Bloodborne Cadet
Ten years after Earth survived an alien invasion, power is no longer something you’re born with—it’s something you buy.
Extraordinary warriors once sacrificed their lives to turn their abilities into Ability Books, tools ordinary people could study to gain supernatural strength. The war was won. Humanity rebuilt. And those without power were quietly left behind.
Quinn Veyra is one of them.
Unbound. Unfunded. Forgotten.
He enters Aureon Military Academy with no Ability Book, no status, and no safety net—only the reputation of parents who died during the invasion under circumstances no one will explain. Among cadets engineered for greatness, Quinn is expected to fail.
Instead, his blood starts behaving… wrong.
It heals too fast.
It reacts to fear.
It listens.
When Quinn bleeds during training, his blood forms shields, symbols, and sigils no Ability Book can replicate. Whispers follow—quiet at first, then impossible to ignore. Hunger settles in, not for food, but for pulse, for the rhythm of living hearts.
As the academy tightens its grip, Quinn discovers the truth buried beneath the invasion’s history: he is not an anomaly born by chance, but the awakening of a forgotten race erased from records and burned from memory. With each new ability he unlocks, Quinn doesn’t just grow stronger—he becomes something else.
Vampire.
Predator.
Harbinger.
And he is not alone.
The whispers spread. Other cadets begin to hear them. Systems glitch. Blood reacts. The line between human and monster starts to blur, and the academy realizes too late that containment is already failing.
Caught between ruthless commanders, terrified peers, and the seductive promise of power, Quinn must decide what kind of monster he’s willing to be—or whether humanity deserves to survive what comes next.
Because this time, the invasion isn’t coming from the stars.
It’s waking up from within.
JanayJourney · Fantasy
I have finished both PMA and AGM and I love this author's works. PMG is second in my ratings and AGM had a superb improvement whit the same style of writing from PMA. Now, I'm looking forward to this one, especially when I know this author knows how to learn and improve his works from his past mistakes.