Nephilim's Rise

From out of the darkness comes a light...

For five long years, the Adversary and the Seven have ruled Earth with an iron fist. America lies in ruins, carved into demon territories where humans are herded into work camps or bred like cattle to produce fomori warriors. The Templar Order is shattered, scattered into hiding. Hope is a memory. Victory seems impossible.

Then, from the depths of the Beyond, two legends emerge.

Cade Williams—the Heretic, the Nephilim—has returned with his warrior wife Gabrielle at his side. Their very presence ignites a fire in the hearts of the surviving Templars. But reunion is cut brutally short when Gabrielle is captured during a raid and dragged in chains to the demon prince's gladiatorial arena in Madison Square Garden, where prisoners fight to the death for the entertainment of the damned.

A pulse-pounding war for liberation where ancient bloodlines awaken, gladiators battle demons in blood-soaked arenas, and a suicide assault on Manhattan could ignite the rebellion that sets humanity free.

Cade has one chance to save her. Storm the Regent's fortress in Trump Tower with a handful of Templars and pray they reach her before she's torn apart by whatever monstrosity the demon prince sends into the arena. But when he arrives, he discovers the Regent is no stranger—it's Willem Johannson, the traitorous Preceptor who betrayed the Order and handed it to the Adversary five years ago.

And Johannson has transformed into something far worse than human.

Meanwhile, Gabrielle faces her own war. Forced to become a gladiator or die in the breeding pens, she must survive the arena's deadly games while secretly working to infiltrate the demon hierarchy. Every battle brings her closer to the demon prince himself—and closer to a terrible choice that could change everything.

When Cade's dormant Nephilim powers finally awaken, brilliant wings of light erupt from his back and he becomes the weapon the Templars have been waiting for—but embracing his angelic nature might cost him his humanity.

The assault on Manhattan becomes a three-pronged attack. Riley leads a desperate charge across the 59th Street Bridge, fighting through checkpoints while a massive wyvern—an ancient reptilian beast with electrical fire breath—joins the battle, ridden by the enigmatic archangel Uriel who has finally abandoned his neutrality.

Cade storms Trump Tower, cutting through the Regent's forces until he stands face-to-face with the demon-corrupted Johannson in the tower's sumptuous lobby. What follows is a battle between half-angel and half-demon, a clash of supernatural bloodlines that shatters mirrors and shakes the building's foundations.

And in Madison Square Garden's blood-soaked arena, Gabrielle faces the demon prince's champion—a hulking beast called Crusher who has never been defeated. With nothing but a sword and her training, she must win or die. But victory carries its own price: become the demon prince's new champion and join his retinue in Las Vegas, the capital city of demon-occupied America.

In a world where demons rule from towers of glass and nightgaunts patrol the skies, three warriors wage separate battles that will determine whether humanity kneels forever—or rises to reclaim what was stolen.

The battle for Manhattan rages. Cade's Nephilim transformation is complete, his brilliant wings a beacon of hope as his holy sword removes Johannson's head from his shoulders. The Regent's forces, bound by their master's oath, lay down their weapons. Riley's assault succeeds, Manhattan falls, and for the first time in five years, a demon territory returns to human control.

But Gabrielle is gone—aboard the demon prince's aircraft, bound for Las Vegas and whatever fate awaits her in the heart of enemy territory. She's alive, she's undercover, and she's the most dangerous weapon the resistance has ever deployed.

Cade knows what he must do. Follow his wife into the demon capital. Gather the scattered Templar forces. And launch the war that will decide the fate of the world.

The Nephilim has risen. The demons' reign is ending.

And this is only the beginning.

Perfect for fans of Jim Butcher's Dresden Files, Richard Kadrey's Sandman Slim, and epic supernatural warfare.

What readers are saying:

"Nephilim's Rise is where Cade finally becomes what he was always meant to be. Watching him sprout wings of light and go full angel-mode against demon-corrupted Johannson is absolutely epic. The series has been building to this moment."

"Gabrielle as a gladiator in Madison Square Garden fighting demons to the death while Cade storms Manhattan with Riley? This book doesn't slow down for a second. The parallel storylines are brilliant."

"The wyvern battle on the bridge, Cade's Nephilim transformation, Gabrielle infiltrating the demon prince's court—Nassise delivers everything I wanted and more. This is urban fantasy at its most ambitious."

"After five books of Cade holding back his powers, seeing him finally unleash and embrace his half-angel nature is cathartic and terrifying. The fight with Johannson is brutal and beautiful."

New York Times and USA Today bestseller Joseph Nassise continues his internationally acclaimed Templar Chronicles series with an explosive tale of awakening power, impossible choices, and the war to reclaim a fallen world.