Description

Magic is fading from Eorþe. Once, every human, elf, and orran could wield it; now, fewer people are born with the Affinity with each passing generation. Even within the six Great Families, only half of those born develop the gift, and beyond their ranks, it is far rarer. A series of suspicious deaths has made the decline more troubling still: only two men with the Affinity are believed to remain alive, Cymhen Grym and Cyril Cenric, both members of the Families. But Cymhen alone knows that a third survives in hiding—you. For five years, you have stayed away from the Great Families and their world of intrigue and exploitation. Yet their demands cannot be avoided forever. When a threat forces Cymhen to act, your former mentor finds you and offers you a place among the Gryms. Their protection comes with a condition: you must help him discover why the number of people born with the Affinity continues to dwindle. The Nature Of Magic draws you back into a world you chose to leave, where an urgent search for answers is tangled with the consequences of your past. Can you repair the wounds left by your sudden disappearance five years ago? Can you hold on to who you are beneath the pressure of the Great Families? And can you uncover the nature of magic before its decline takes an even greater toll?