The Fifth Force

"The next nearest inhabited planet had just been blown into its constituent particles...In response, the thaumic force of that world-colloquially known as magic-had mere seconds ago fled the planet like the proverbial rat from a sinking ship, and was in search of a likely place to relocate."

Sometimes magic manifests early in a planet's life, sometimes late. Sometimes it never appears at all.

Sometimes it appears at exactly the wrong time, and in exactly the wrong way.

Now Ulric has a head ful...