Raven's Rise

Clues about Arthur location emerge. Ninth Circle cultists captured and interrogated. Reveal Surgat has Arthur. Portal magic required. Team learns what needed for Hell incursion. Race against time as Arthur suffers.

Search for Arthur continues. Following trails through Ninth Circle operations. Piecing together where Arthur taken. Discover he is in Surgat dimension. Learn about demon lord who rules own hell. Arthur still alive but tortured.

Recruit new allies to help with mission. Few Hunters remain but find sympathetic operatives. Build small team for Arthur rescue. Each ally brings skills needed for Hell incursion.

Hunt for The Ninth Circle begins. Using Aram intelligence. Tracking cult cells. First strikes against enemy. Taking fight to those responsible. Gathering information on Arthur location.

Survivors regroup and assess situation. Six Hunters remaining. Must rebuild from nothing. Discuss priorities: rescue Arthur, hunt conspirators, rebuild Council. Begin picking up pieces. Frieda leads.

Team deals with aftermath. Father-son relationship destroyed. Team divided on Aram fate. Haatim isolated. Survivors must move forward despite broken bonds. Tension within group.

Aram confesses full details of his deal with enemies. Explains motivations and justifications. Believed protecting Haatim. Reveals scope of intelligence provided. Names other conspirators. Haatim learns complete truth of betrayal.

Haatim confronts Aram about betrayal. Father-son relationship shattered. Haatim struggles with whether to kill father. Aram wounded from headquarters attack. Haatim rage and pain. Leaves Aram alive but relationship destroyed.

Prologue. Context setting for book 3. May show Arthur in Hell being tortured by Surgat. Or show The Ninth Circle operations. Or survivors six months later. Sets stage for rescue mission and final battle.