Story 4 of 5 stars
Heat n/a
Main Character – Samara
The story starts with a battle between elven mage and human lich and one magic spirit being freed and another being bound.
Samara died at birth but due to magic lived, she’s part a nomadic tribe. When she was eight years old, elves came to kidnap and enslave her people, as the tragedy unfolds, Samara’s terror releases a power she has no control over, killing all within her path.
The trapped mage Illtud reaches out to Samara helping her to learn to control her new powers but he has his own agenda, wanting her power for his own, while she only wishes to reunite with her mother and father. Meanwhile, Nikolai, Zayra and her father are all searching for her for their own reasons.
An interesting tale of a young girl enjoying the wonders of magic, fighting the horrors of losing control and learning her mentor may not be the benevolent guardian he portrays himself to be on one hand, while watching her father’s agonizing search for her, and Zayra’s plotting and changes as everyone converges together.
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