Familiarist

<p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Oz Ashwood's life has been a whirlwind of chaos and calamity. Just moments after his birth he killed his mother setting off a lifetime of hiding a dark and embarrassing secret to avoid his own execution. Now expelled from the prestigious Ancona Academy for the Magically Inclined before his sixteenth birthday Oz teeters on the edge of despair.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>But just when he thinks he's hit rock bottom a new nightmare unfolds: psychotic steam-powered machines are on the verge of triggering an apocalypse. To save the world-and impress the girl of his dreams-Oz must unravel a mystery hidden in the deepest recesses of his own soul.</span></p><p></p><p><span style=background-color: rgba(255 255 255 1); color: rgba(15 17 17 1)>Armed with wildly unreliable magic a bodyguard with uncontrolled anger issues and a schizophrenic horse Oz plunges headfirst into a chaotic adventure. As he battles fierce foes and navigates his own awkwardness will he finally find the strength to rise to the occasion or will this be yet another failure in his tumultuous life? Get ready for a bumpy airship ride filled with destructive magic fascinating technology and unexpected twists!</span></p><p></p>