<i>&quot;I can command storms, summon fire and unmake stone,&quot; Balfruss growled. &quot;It's dangerous to meddle with things you don't understand.&quot;</i><div><i><br></i><b>Balfruss</b> is a battlemage, sworn to fight and die for a country that fears and despises his kind.<br><br><b>Vargus</b> is a common soldier -- while mages shoot lightning from the walls of the city, he's down in the front lines getting blood on his blade.<br><br><b>Talandra</b> is a princess and spymaster, but the war may force her to risk everything and make the greatest sacrifice of all.<br><br><b>Magic and mayhem collide in this explosive epic fantasy from a major new talent.</b><br><br><div><b><br></b></div></div>