The Divine Seven

A FOSTER KID. A SECRET SOCIETY. A CHOICE BETWEEN BEING GOOD AND BEING A GOD.

Montreal, 2005. Mark Drummond knows how to be invisible. In the foster system, silence is a survival skill. But on a frozen canal, a woman in a four-thousand-dollar coat hands him a silver coin and reveals the truth: his silence isn't a coping mechanism. It's a qualification.

Mark has been chosen to fill the empty chair of The Seventh Seat-one of seven secret rulers who maintain the world's balance through economics, war, and calculated cruelty. They are the architects of history, and they need a new Warden.

Thrust into a hidden world of ancient obsidian bunkers and global manipulation, Mark finds that he is terrifyingly good at playing god. He can stop wars with a whisper and bankrupt cartels with a signature. But power has a price. As the line between the boy and the monster begins to blur, Mark must decide if he can rule the world without destroying the few things he actually loves.

In the Order, gods don't bleed. But Mark Drummond is about to find out that to save his soul, he might have to.

This story has existed in my head for decades. The world, characters, themes, and plot are entirely my own, developed and refined over many years.

To complete the novel, I used AI tools as part of my writing process. ChatGPT was used to help organize outlines and chapter structure, and Gemini was used to assist with drafting prose. Every chapter was extensively revised, edited, and shaped by me to reflect my original vision before publication.