Wanted to share with you a good dark fantasy novel I discovered.

A competent smart young man who is a scribes apprentice is abducted by an evil empire and forced to attend a magic academy.

Storm's Apprentice by imperfect-tense on Royal Road. Still ongoing. Genre is magic academy dark fantasy. I know Royal Road is mostly known for litrpg and not always the best quality, but it's not the case this time. Sometime rarely a hidden gem like this can be found in the rough.