Burden's Edge

When a young man chooses a forbidden calling, he must prove his worth . . . or watch his kingdom fall.



Sixteen-year-old Augum Stone is a warlock prodigy suffocating under the weight of expectations. Students idolize him. Nobles plot to exploit him. Commoners think he's a miracle-maker. And with invasion looming, his already war-weakened kingdom expects him to be its champion.



But Augum doesn't want to be a pawn in someone else's game. He'll forge his own path: that of the Arcaner-not a warloc...