Synopsis

InthenationofAvrael,powerisbothablessingandacurse.Sixteen-year-oldAyatoDaath,apoororphan,hadalwayshopedtoliveunnoticedintheshadowsofthecity.ButwhenheisforcedtoundergoTheRiteofManifestation,theritualthatdeterminesone’smagicalpotential,hisworstfearcomestrue—heisanElite.Nowtornfromtheonlylifehe’severknown,Ayatoisthrustintoabrutalworldofmagic,bloodshed,andtreacherouspolitics.Inasocietywherethestrongpreyontheweak,whererivalfactionsschemeinthedark,andwhereasinglemisstepcouldmeandeath,Ayatomustquicklylearnonething—adapt,orperish.AndonethingAyatoalreadyknowsisthatinAvrael,onlytheruthlesssurvive.