Winter Mage

After five hundred years, forbidden magic is returning—and one relic could make the world fear it all over again. Kadaris knew more about lost magic than anyone at the castle. At last, that knowledge was about to matter. For years, Kadaris has searched for proof that the old magic survived. She has studied forgotten spells, bought questionable scraps of ancient writing, sought out hidden teachers, and followed every rumor that promised something real. Most people at the castle saw only an obsession with a power the world had already buried. Then reports of rogue mages and outlawed magic arrive from the mountains, and the knowledge no one else valued suddenly makes Kadaris the only person qualified to investigate. What she uncovers is more than another rumor: an ancient relic tied to the vanished power of the Arcana. And she isn't the only one searching for it. Some would kill to possess that kind of power. Others would bury it so deeply no mage could ever touch it again. If the relic falls into the wrong hands, it could turn old fear into another purge. Kadaris spent her life searching for real magic. The relic she found could ignite another purge. If you loved the determined heroines and dangerous, half-understood magic of Godkiller and The Unspoken Name, Winter Mage is waiting for you.