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A Crucible of Souls: Book One of the Sorcery Ascendant Sequence

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Winner of the 2013 Aurealis Award for Best Fantasy!

Mitchell Hogan, an imaginative new talent, makes his debut with the acclaimed first installment in the epic Sorcery Ascendant Sequence, A Crucible of Souls, a mesmerizing tale of high fantasy that combines magic, malevolence, and mystery.

The authors definitive edition

When young Caldan’s parents are brutally slain, the boy is raised by monks who initiate him into the arcane mysteries of sorcery.

Growing up plagued by questions about his past,...

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