Book two of The Last Mage series. The guessing is over. Only one mage remains, and her name is Lusa. But as her truth spreads, so do darker whispers-villagers vanishing, unnatural weather, harvests failing. Every sign points back to magic. Inside Lusa, it wars. Outside, it tears the realm wide open.
While Lusa is drawn into shadowed hands eager to turn her powers to their purpose, Kaden-bound to her by fate but forced into the role of imperial ambassador-finds himself ensnared in the perilous politics of the elven courts, where every alliance hides a blade and every truth carries a price. Why she alone remains is the question that consumes her, the rift pulling her closer to the answer. And as the divide between light and dark deepens, one truth becomes terrifyingly clear: the greatest danger may not be the enemy at the gates, but the power within.
