Talio Rossa and the Elixir of Life

Magic might be the cure, but magic is gone...

Six months after the events of Talio's Codex, Talio and Pazli are living and working court cases together, but struggling with their mixed-religion relationship. When a lump on Pazli's neck appears malignant, Talio must do all he can to find a cure, even by magic. But since all mages were killed fifty years earlier, that should be impossible, shouldn't it?

Hobb, a medical historian, claims to have the elixir of life: a universal cure for any disea...