'"You do want me to go Niles, believe me you really do want me to go. Staying here would be so bad, so bad for you. You don't understand the danger, you can't understand and I can't stay here. . . I'm sorry."
'Evil and merciless, Leviathans attach to souls of the damaged among us. They feed off the emotions of these "Conduits" but are always waiting. Anger can identify a target, light one for an eternity of pain. Once LIT, there is no way out.
'Three Conduits face their ever present monster that inflicts their life with terror and loss. Friendships can be forged and alliances can be made. The event of the Circle is approaching when Conduit becomes the hunted by their own grotesque nightmare. Now something else is uprising. There are others in the world who hunt their own.' (Publication summary)
'The Circle was over.
'Ellie, Josh, and Sam's world is growing, expanding with people who suffer the same bane as themselves.
'The cloistered Ellie must emerge from the shadows. The young Josh must learn to live with the beast that walks beside him. And Sam plays a duplicitous game to learn about the demonic phenomena that have destroyed all their lives.
'The enigmatic Mika, with his Pantheon of Conduits each with their own curse, is searching for a legend of evil - the ancient blight and the one who restrains it.
'But something has changed... Another evil is emerging and the Leviathans are moving closer into our world. A vile, unthinkable truce might be needed between Conduit and monster as both become the hunted.
'Ascent, the 2nd book in the LIT trilogy.' (Publication summary)