The Forbidden Ascent is the second novel of a four part series too big to be a trilogy. This is the full version of the second book. Imagine a book that has you sitting at the edge of your seat, your heart pounds, your hands sweat, your mind wanting to know what happens next. This is that book. Izz of Zia, is an epic narrative that can be interpreted on two separate horizontal stratums: as an exciting, fantasy, action, adventure, or as a infinite spiritual saga. Prepare to be inspired by a love whose story begs to be told, and refuses to be denied. Izz of Zia is set in a parallel universe, in the the First Age of the Noble Kings, in the Middle Era of the First Millennia, in the year one hundred and eleven, in the days of King Ozzdon, in the Kingdom of Edawn, in the the Empire of Xylenia, on the planet Zia. Betrayal from within threatens to tear a world that has lived in peace for thousands of years apart forever. This work is a multi-faceted writing that intertwines heartbreak with adoration, deceit with truth, betrayal with loyalty, creating a web in which two young heartthrobs that are as different as the east is far from the west learn the fathomless meaning of true love. This is a book about a faith filled heart that wills to keep going no matter what, hope rises. Are you ready for a read so thought provoking that after reading it you are left changed forever?