Hundreds of years before the great mage war, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe. Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood ...Hundreds of years before the great mage war, a land lies, unknowing, on the edge of catastrophe. Barl is young and impulsive, but she has a power within that calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane.