Throne of bones

Synopsis of Throne of bones: For nineteen years they called him “Crumbles”—three thousand summonings, three thousand failures. For eighteen years his mother knelt for him, took the whip, scrubbed the latrines, and was trampled into the mud by the whole Academy. At the Graduation Trial, Ten thousand bone hands burst from the earth and lift him high: the ancient Reaper’s bloodline has awakened!