Essence of Magic

A young woman fighting to break her chains. A young man fighting to keep his own shackles locked tight. A dying world only they can save.

The Confederacy of Man is on the brink of collapse twenty years after its armies brutally wiped magic from its thirsting lands, but all that rebellious Kathiria can focus on from within the confining walls of her manor is evading her dreaded duty as a bride prize. When Deklan, a handsome but mysterious noble with a shadowy past, shows up with a proposition that promises escape, she jumps at the chance to break out of her box.

But freedom is not what Kathiria anticipates when she emerges from the bubble of her estate… and neither is the boy riding beside her in the carriage. Deklan has a secret -- a secret that stands to shift the fate of their floundering world. As hidden truths about the War on Magic are revealed and survivors begin emerging from the deepest part of the darkest wood, the two discover they are uniquely qualified to reverse the damage done by their parents’ generation.

But to do that, they’re going to have to defy the Confederate Council and embrace the magic inside them… before it’s too late.