In the mage wars, Dubric Byerly risked his lifeβand sacrificed the woman he lovedβto catch magicβs darkest killers. Those battles are long overβand the monsters Dubric hunts these days are nothing more than men. Until now. A recent string of grisly crimes has Dubric and his pages scouring the countryside for clues that hint at the worst: that historyβs most murderous mage has come to Faldorrah. As Dubricβs hunt leads from secrets locked behind sanatorium walls to a hidden cache of souls preserved in fluid, other lives are shaken: a young woman given a power she doesnβt want, a young man inheriting a legacy he canβt understand, and a father fighting for his memory of a daughter who may already be lost. In the hardscrabble village of Quarry Run, the dark ghosts of the past have come callingβand the battle for the future begins....
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