Ambessa: Chosen of the Wolf

A League of Legends: Arcane Novel

De: C. L. Clark

Narrado por: Ellen Thomas

A thrilling epic fantasy novel where Ambessa Medarda learns what it means to be a Chosen of the Wolf. Set in the blockbuster and award-winning universe of League of Legends: Arcane. Read by Ellen Thomas, the voice of Ambessa Medarda in Arcane, and written by award-winning author C. L. Clark.

Medarda over all.

Ambessa Medarda: Warrior, general, mother. She is a woman to be feared, and the Medardas are unrivaled in their pursuit of glory. She has led conquests and armies. She has slain legendary beasts. She has made grave sacrifices in her ascent up the ranks. And for this she was rewarded: She entered the realm of death and was granted a vision of herself upon the throne of the vast Noxian empire.

But before she can lead her empire, she must become head of her own clan. Yet the title is contested by her cousin and former confidante, Ta’Fik. He knows the bloody sins of Ambessa’s past. And he knows he cannot allow her to rise.

They will fight a war for the very soul of the Medardas.

But the war won’t be fought on battlefields alone. Ambessa’s daughter, Mel, can deftly break through the walls around anyone’s heart, and she’ll put her talents to use for her mother. Yet despite Mel’s strength, Ambessa sees only a child who lacks her killer instincts. Mel knows she can be the leader Ambessa wants her to be, if only she gives her time.

With her family betraying her, enemies closing in on all sides, and unseen forces moving in the shadows, every day proves more dangerous than the last. But Ambessa will not bow. She will burn the world down to claim her place in it.

PLEASE NOTE: When you purchase this title, the accompanying PDF will be available in your Audible Library along with the audio.

©2025 C. L. Clark (P)2025 Orbit

awesome lore expansion

it's so cool that they got the same voice actress from the show to do the narration for the book. The book adds a lot of depth to the already complex and interesting character of Ambessa, and is a great way to expand the lore of Arcane. greatly enjoyed it!

Great story, wish they had the video game voice actors

The narrator did a great job, but i would have preferred the original voice actors like they did in ruination

Rell is the best part in my opinion wish this book was about her

The book is good I just enjoyed Rell more than Ambessa and I didn’t get enough of her

A complex champions journey of vengeance and love

This was an explosive surprise. The author did an excellent job weaving the reader into the world of League Of Legends. Ambessa was a complex character you love, hate, but understood. This was an epic journey for fantasy readers that are familiar with Arcane or not. The reader had a rich depth in voice that created a persuasive tone that captured the characters perfectly.

This was Amazing

This was a wonderful prequel to Arcane (Netflix)! I loved that Ambessa's voice actresses was also the reader of the book. It tied the story together nicely.

A CL Clark has No Mercy

Clark completely captures who Ambessa is as her own unique character while also showing us how becomes even more-so dug-in to her mindset that mercy is never an option. The character alone is infuriating- but in the best ways possible because we are able to see the “human” side of her when the “wolf” side is challenged. But like most adults (especially parents), they’re incredibly rigid with their mindset. So you want to root for Ambessa for all the tragedy she goes through while at the same time you want to beat her with a stick for knowing she’s wrong but doing it anyways because that’s against her family’s code and how she was raised.

Some of the bittersweet moments within the story is that I found myself more interested in the side characters. After a while, you kinda give up on Ambessa changing and start focusing on the growth of the other characters - and they’re so fun to see grow! Especially one Noxian I didn’t expect to see at all - which is awesome!!

Our narrator, being the voice actor of Ambessa from Arcane is just the cherry on top. I’m glad she tried to work her voice to match the other voices of the other characters that were present in Arcane.

Overall, I really enjoyed this story and I hope CL Clark continues telling our Epilogue character’s story in the next book while expanding on the telling of the Black Rose. But … we might have to wait for Riot Games to show us what that looks like with (hopefully) a Mel series as she journeys from Piltover to Noxus.

Later on in the book it’s amazing!

It start off as a slow read but it gets a lot better. Ellen is a amazing narrator

I loved the performance! Thank you Ellen Thomas!!

Nothing. Please keep the series going. Such a good story. Looking forward to next book

read Ruination instead

the story was not good in my opinion. Did not feel like there was any weight to it.

Bored from start to finish

The only interesting parts was the final 3 chapters. After Arcane, reading this book just felt unnecessary.
All through out the book I just kept asking myself why does any of this matter.
The story did not grow in any significant way and the characters didn't really grow in a any significant way.
The best part of the book was the performance of Ellen Thomas.