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Six months after exposing the impossible power of the Forsaken Mark, Dorian is no longer simply a stranger trying to survive Veyr.
He has become a symbol.
Across the world, the Unclaimed are whispering his name as proof that the gods do not own progression. The Divine Covenant sees something far more dangerous: a man who may eventually make the gods unnecessary.
Dorian wants neither worship nor revolution.
He may no longer have a choice.
As the Covenant sends its deadliest champion to hunt him, Dorian's growing collection of Scars begins changing. His abilities are interacting. His soul is reorganizing itself around something ancient, something the gods once tried to erase from history.
The Devouring Crown is beginning to form.
But greater power brings a darker temptation.
Dorian discovers that Fragments can be taken from more than monsters.
They can be taken from people.
Now every battle offers him abilities powerful enough to defeat his enemies, provided he is willing to cross the line between using the Forsaken Mark and becoming consumed by it.
His search for answers leads to erased kingdoms, forbidden records, a previous Forsaken blamed for the deaths of millions, and evidence that the Divine Covenant was built upon sacrifices the gods never intended mortals to discover.
Then an ancient prison beneath Veyr begins to break.
Dorian faces an impossible decision. Remain the man he has fought to preserve, or complete the Crown and become exactly what the gods have always feared.
Power leaves Scars. Freedom demands a price. And some thrones are not given. They are taken.
The Devouring Crown is Book Two of The Godless Ascendant Trilogy, continuing Dorian Voss's LitRPG progression through dangerous new abilities, evolving system mechanics, divine politics, dungeon threats, morally complicated enemies, large-scale battles, and a progression path capable of challenging the gods themselves.
