For five hundred years, the darkest of magics has lain dormant. Remnants of that magic still lurk in the deepest corners of the world. Some are beginning to stir again.

Kadaris expected long days of study when she began her apprenticeship at Finoren. Instead, her first assignment sends her deep into the wilds—alone—to investigate a series of strange disturbances in a remote, unsettled corner of the realm.

What starts as a simple inquiry into vanishing livestock and odd accidents quickly unravels into something far more dangerous: a secretive cult, awakening forbidden magic with the power to upend the balance of the realm. Kadaris, still mastering her craft, must navigate an unfamiliar land, sift truth from deception, and confront forces she barely understands.

The deeper she digs, the more peril she finds—and the more she begins to question the world she thought she knew.
The cult is growing. The stakes are rising. And her choices may alter the future of magic itself.