The world is dark and broken after the god-king’s ambition nearly destroyed it. Jak Fuller is an orphan whose love of stories has led him to wander in search of legends. Soon it leads him to the allure of dark magic...
The moment Fort Lasthall finally appeared at the far end of the dirt road, Jak halted with his barrow full of books.
For all his childhood, Jak had drifted from village to village. He’d slept beneath trees or in haylofts or sheltered ditches. He’d been a helper to a bootblack, a fetcher, and a costermonger, and all that before he was ten winters. He’d stayed in so many places, but he’d never thought them as home. His books were his only possessions, and with them he’d wandered.<. .>
