β Scribed by J.T. Greathouse
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"An original fantasy filled with magic and culture, the story of a character torn between two names, two loyalties, and two definitions of good and evil."βKevin J. Anderson, New York Times bestselling author of Spine of the Dragon
Wen Alder was born into two worlds.
On his father's side, a legacy of proud loyalty and service to the god-like Sienese Emperor spanning generations. And it is expected that Alder, too, will follow this tradition by passing the Imperial exams, learning the accepted ways of magic and, if he serves with honor, enhancing his family's prominence by rising to take a most powerful position in Sienβthe Hand of the Emperor.
But from his mother he has inherited defiance from the Empire, a history of wild gods and magic unlike anything the Imperial sorcerers could yet control. It began when his spirited, rebellious grandmother took Alder into the woods and introduced him to her waysβways he has never been able to forget.
Now, on...
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