The Shadow of Fire

Few are born with the power to conjure fire. Fewer still survive. In a time when magic is seen as no more than myth a new darkness is making its presence known in the mountains of The AlDurast. An Emperor ambitious ruthless and rumour has it in search of an ancient magic is taking control of the border towns and cities in the east laying waste to every settlement in his path. Meanwhile a young Prince of Carathron Thormir is recovering from a potentially lethal poisoning at the hands of a rare Miraki thorn. His best friend and half-brother Fern a skin changer joins Thormirs side as the two journey to the shadowed lands to the North to discover the true nature of the Emperors ambitions and to begin the hard battle to defend the kingdom...