Renegade Rising (The Renegade Series)
by J. C. Fiske
Meet Gisbo, an outcast with a strange name, Gisbo is treated like a wild dog and despised in his small town. Because of this, he is driven to become a person of respect, an Elekai’ warrior. However, when the tryouts go terribly wrong, Gisbo is whisked away to a life he never believed possible and discovers that sometimes, truth is stranger than legend when you're Renegade born!