A Conduit rises. A war ignites.
The houses of Kethis and Varthel are days from slaughtering each other, and the Academy expects me to stop it. Both lords want to see what the Conduit can do. One wrong word, one failed test, and the woman I love watches her family march to war against the other woman I love.
The road ahead cuts through bandit territory, war-scarred villages, and ruins infested with creatures that have killed better men than me. My new trainer is a ruthless pantherkin with a past she's not ready to share. She's here to keep me alive. Whether I want her methods or not.
The deeper I dig, the worse it gets. The attack that started this war doesn't add up. The ruins hold power that might kill me before any enemy can. And someone is working very hard to make sure peace never comes.
Two elements weren't enough. Time to find a third.
