Ascension: Book II in the Summoner’s Circle by S T Gibson (Hardback)

TikTok made me buy it. From S. T. Gibson, Ascension: Book II in The Summoner’s Circle continues the dark urban fantasy saga where power, love, and ambition collide inside Boston’s occult underworld.

Rhys McGowan has reached the position he once chased as a boy. Now High Priest of a powerful secret society, he holds influence, respect, and control over forces most people never see. With Moira as his wife and David as both partner and rival, his life sits in a fragile balance that feels hard-won but unstable.

That balance begins to fracture when a disrupted ritual shakes the occult community. The incident exposes cracks within the Society and invites threats from both inside and outside its walls. Rhys is pulled deeper into summoning work, where every decision carries weight and every mistake has consequences.

As pressure builds, so do tensions within his closest relationships. Desire, loyalty, and ambition overlap in ways that are hard to separate. Rhys finds himself questioning how much control he truly has, and what it costs to keep everything together.

Ascension explores power, identity, and emotional conflict in a world where magic demands sacrifice and nothing remains untouched for long.