What rules are you willing to break?
Wounds remain in the aftermath of Kael. The group is fractured, and none of them are prepared for what’s next in the search for the gems.
“Her blood will stain my teeth and drench my clothes . . .”
Jeremy discovers the journals of the chosen before him. It brings to life his greatest fears, and is the reason he pushes Katie away—his worst mistake.
Some lessons are leaned too late . . .
Katie is alone when the magic calls to her. It offers to make sense of the past, but each meeting is more dangerous than the last, and soon it will be too late for regrets.
Her life is not her own . . .
Amilye is breaking too many rules. She is a guardian and must uphold her duty above all else. Cilia had graciously given Amilye life, and she could just as easily take it away.
What would you sacrifice for magic?
“They are no longer human, only vessels for darkness…”
When sixteen-year-old Jeremy is forced into a magical trade, he loses his sight in exchange for a magic that shouldn’t exist.
In the land of Edaria, the history around magic is very clear. It was cruel, it was vile, it was corrosive, and it was wicked. When magic ruled, evil controlled the world. Until the magic born were destroyed.
Magic was supposed to be dead . . .
Purple smoke now crawls through Jeremy’s veins. There’s no escaping it. Magic resides within him, and he has to get rid of it. But he can’t do it alone. A vision reveals a shadowy figure with a sinister plan.
Desperate to reverse the trade, and with the help his friends, Jeremy must learn to live without his sight and navigate the reality that magic is very much alive.