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

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.

not much of a novel but a fun story

reads and feels a lot more like a screenplay than your traditional novel. completely composed of just slapped scenes and very little character building despite constantly being swung into a different characters pov. would have probably worked better as a full fledged screenplay in my opinion. the story itself is hard to really care for because no specific event is given time to breathe before we are launched without Segway into the next scene. on a screen we could see these things play out better and actually maybe surmise what each character felt in these moments but every character was deligated to a seemingly unbiased omnipresent narrator for the scene they were in charge of and nothing else. that being said I think the author did their best with what they were given to work with, as all these things are common issues in any league of legends literature and not exclusive to this novel.

Only adds to the lore

A feel this book properly filled in some blank spots in the lore concerning Ambessa, the Medarda family, and where Noxus currently stands in their timeline during the events of this book and arcane.

Another Champion features in this story. I was initially worried that this book was retconning what little lore that champion had, but the story came together in the end and added more details to her story.

If there was a drawback, the writing is pretty simple and the book will only lightly touch on certain subjects or lore bits. But at the same time it makes the story more digestible and the story I feel is more appropriately focused on Ambessa and how she justifies her choices to others and herself.

On edge the whole time

Just holy crap. Seeing everything Ambessa did to get to where she was during the show? I was just awestruck by it and having her VA narrate? Even better!

GLORIOUS

Ambessa's character is portrayed amazingly and Noxus is very well delved into. I loved it, I hope Rel is in future League of Legends lore.

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!

Chosen Indeed

A very good novelization of the most popular character. Clark's Ambessa is no war pig. She is not a one-sided character. Here we get to see her as a child, mother, wife, lover, and warrior. I was pleasantly surprised by the twists and turns of her arc. Certainly more than a meglomaniac, Clark gives us a woman of substance.
I do have retain criticism of pacing & I wanted more about her youth & deeper development of her relationship with her immediate family. Still, it is certainly worth the time to get to the 3rd act. Medarda overall!

So much INFO

I loved this, ima go rewatch Arcane with so much more LOVE for Ambessa and Mel

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