Magic of the Sentinel (Paperback or Softback)

"Fourteen-year-old Michael Hunter just wants to survive high school and the quiet, aching grief of losing his mother. That's supposed to be hard enough. Then the world he thought he knew tears open, and he learns the truth: he's the target of entities as powerful as gods. Ancient, mystical forces descend on his quiet New York suburb with no warning and no mercy. One night, he's stressing over final exams; the next, he's running for his life from entities whose power he can't begin to comprehend. Rescue comes again and again, but never safety - just another countdown to the next attack. Michael is caught in a brutal cycle of being hunted, saved, and hunted again, each escape narrower than the last, until it becomes clear that someone, or something, simply refuses to let him go. Then everything changes. Buried inside him is a power he never knew existed - dormant, waiting, entirely his own. For the first time since this nightmare began, Michael isn't just prey. He's a threat. With Lucas fighting beside him and the shadowy faction known as The Unbound backing their cause, Michael sets out on a mission that should be impossible: challenge the Lord of Magic and end the war on his life once and for all. But the closer they get, the more the ground shifts beneath them. This was never a simple hunt. It's the surface of something vast - a conspiracy stretching back to the dawn of time itself, one that has been shaping Michael's fate long before he ever knew he was in danger. These entities didn't choose him by accident. And they are far from finished."