Truth Unveiled, the second title of the Daughter of Ravenswood series, is set one generation after a manmade plague wiped out over half the Earth’s population. The survivors are accustomed to magic and witchcraft and accept and fear the many forms of life after death. New necromancer Meagan Greyston ...
Monique is a witch, a reclusive one. After losing Lucius, her companion of almost a century, she associates with nobody, but a raven named Dante. When she receives an invitation to celebrate her 700th birthday, however, Dante convinces her it's a celebration that she shouldn't miss. For her first ou ...
Cam of Cairnrach has one job--to reach the king of Isencroft with a desperately needed elixir before dark magic claims the monarch's life. He's traveled across two kingdoms on his urgent quest, but he finds that the last mile of the journey is the hardest. Set in the world of The Chronicles of the N ...
Even though this is the last book in the "Seventh Dimension Series," it can still be enjoyed as a standalone. Just be aware that each book builds on the one before it, so some things may not be as clearly understood. Daniel Sperling enters the Seventh Dimension shortly before the return of the M ...
He’s a Roman soldier. She’s an enemy of Rome. The Romans call the land they want to conquer Caledonia. Nemu calls it home. The half-human, half-water faery has a second chance to save the Celtic people from the Roman legions, but the cost might be too high. Ambiorix is torn between his duty to Ro ...
Fans of fantasy epics like Throne of Glass and The Lord of the Rings will love The Fatemarked Epic, the latest series by bestselling storyteller, David Estes.
Four Kingdoms. A century-old war. One ancient prophecy that could change everything: Eight rulers must die.
The Hundred Ye ...
Welcome to the world of Varlid, a sprawling epic fantasy about power, loyalty, betrayal, and the courage to change.
A great power struggle is poised to erupt across Varlid. A meek creature inherits power beyond her comprehension. A giant succumbs to a curse which will either liberate o ...
"From its gut-grabbing prologue to its explosive conclusion… 'A blood-curdling adventure'." - Foreword Clarion Review
On the run from her old flame’s criminal family, Sara Jones hides in Billings, Montana, and finds a new boyfriend. But when people around her start dying from poisonous sp ...
Just as Aea had finally found happiness in her troubled life, everything starts to fall apart. When she discovers that her sister, Isota, is still alive, Aea ventures to save her, well aware that every Duian who leaves the forest realm of Thaduin will inevitably catch a deadly disease, the Field Bli ...
From Book 1: After Breed, an thief-assassin of small renown is chased by a dragon, tricked by a demon, almost killed by a psychopathic gang boss, and hunted by a ferocious spider, life really takes a turn for the worst.
Sentenced to five years bonded servitude to a one-handed priest ...
A deadly extraction. Ruthless enemies. Will the cold-blooded skills of this knighted war criminal be enough to evade a brutal demise? Box Set: Over 800 pages of gritty, breakneck action alongside the ultimate spymaster. Renault isn’t afraid to get his hands dirty. Tasked with rescuing a captive aboa ...
The fight to save my city has only just begun. It's time to sharpen the cat claws and unleash the spider fangs because this hybrid shifter is out to catch her prey.
I've already lost a close friend to the toxic memory-warping drug breaking the minds of everyone in the city. To make ...
Thorn has drawn his pieces together, at last. But to finally release and then devour the Moon Father, the imposter knows he must rely on Mei and Iggy, neither of whom will simply agree to his madness. Nor will they give up seeking to undermine him at every turn. All the while, others are conve ...
The dead are all around us. Tara can see them, hear them, and help them. All her life she has battled with this gift...curse. Only her mother and best friend know the truth. Then she meets a stranger in a historic graveyard and he changes her life in ways she never could have imagined. Tara was born ...
"...intriguing contraptions, appealing characters, snide villains, humor, and an exciting story." — Kirkus Reviews ...
The Blood of Dragons: Book 1
A Novel You Cannot Put Down
Drast and Tyran might be considered a bit black-hearted, or even immoral. Drast is cunning but reckless, hunting for admiration. Tyran is calculating but tactless, searching for affection. When the two brothers set aside th ...
Kestel Fawke is a spy and a courtesan, sworn to avenge her mother and bring down the man who caused her mother's death. Yet as she considers her future, she realizes that what the world may need even more is a good assassin. This full short story is an excerpt from The Dark Road collection.
The first book in a trilogy. Maddie’s parents flip when they find out she’s failing science. That’s her worst problem until she wakes up and finds they’re zombies. Now she must escape them and her house. With nowhere else to go, and the keys to her parents’ sailboat, she makes her getaway. Finding B ...
Evolution threatens magic. Ebony is the key to reversing the flaw that weakens all ofhumankind. It's her life or war. -- \"A studiously chilling post-apocalyptic tale.\" --Kirkus Review (for Fortitude Rising) -- Ebony has spent her entire life isolated on an island institution run by her father, Dr. ...
The thrilling adventure continues in Book Three! Shadyia and Deresi are trapped in a deserted city. Separated by powerful forces, they become pawns in the eternal struggle between life and death. While clashing entities tempt one with immortality to champion their crusade, a being once worshiped as ...
An Epic Science Fiction/Fantasy Adventure With A Supernatural Edge.
Prosperine didn't have an extinction event, so intelligent life on the planet evolved unlike any other in our galaxy. The inhabitants look human—more or less—though they do hatch from eggs. It comes as a s ...
3 full-length novels of paranormal cozy adventure fun! This is no boring librarian shushing people from behind a desk. This librarian corrals rogue magic. But more importantly, she has a frog and a cat, and she’s not afraid to use them!
Marked by magic, tested in blood and fire, King Hesleof is the ruler of Calibran, a bridge to his people and a bulwark against the wild chaos that once decimated his kingdom. Accompanied by his loyal sergeant-at-arms, the minotaur Ruric, Hesleof rides to meet the wise dragon Lyrroth the Benevolent, ...
Cursed into the body of a werewolf, Émilien Elasalor longs for a cure that will return him to his true Elven form so he can win back the love of his wife, Hel. But knowing what an impossibility that is, he throws himself into his brother and sister-in-law’s disappearance, vowing to stop at nothing t ...
An eternal council. A missing scroll. An old god in search of power. The fate of the world hangs in the balance. At eighteen years old, Lydia St. Clair made a deal with the devil. Three years later, she made a second deal to save her father’s life. Now a bounty hunter by trade, she uses her skills t ...
A vampire born of evil. A beautiful young maiden. Mirela vows to follow her vampire love beyond death, so must enter another realm to be with him. An ancient prophecy foretold that Mirela would unite with the vampire prince. He was her destiny and her soul mate. He has fought for centuries against t ...
Ian Troy sacrificed everything for peace. After centuries of conflict, the realms of Mirra’kelan are united. His magic is no longer needed. Free to choose his own path, Ian sets sail on a journey of exploration with his friend and ally, Jarryd Kane. Months on the open sea, far from the shores of ho ...
Julii, a beautiful, insecure and victimized Tennessee Indian is caught up in the white man's world after saving the life of a Confederate captain wounded at the battle of Shiloh.
Overcoming great d ...
Phevos, an ancient Greek, remembers very little from his childhood. What’s more, his mysterious father never explained how his mother disappeared years ago. When Phevos turns twenty, his father sends him on a time-traveling journey to modern-day Athens without telling him the reason. There, Phevos f ...
A girl conceals an enchanted ring. A young soldier fights to protect her. Demons hunt them. Growing up in a peaceful village, Ana has kept a secret all her life. She possesses an enchanted ring, the legacy from a mother she never knew. When powerful demons attack the village, attempting to kill h ...
It's New Year's Eve, the year of 2099, but the distinguished guests aboard the Pearseus won't get to countdown seconds; soon they'll be counting bodies and survivors after the spaceship's crash landing on another planet. The good news? The planet is seemingly hospitable both in resources and in t ...
He’s loved her for so long, and she’s ignored him all along. When disaster strikes, will he lose his life to keep her alive?
Young and ambitious Earmon has climbed up the ladder in Levitor city to become the Queen’s topmost advisor. He seems to have everything he’s dreamt of but for one th ...
None can resist the ravages of time. Knowledge is lost. Memories fade. But some things must never be forgotten. Over 400 years ago, twelve great warriors united the beleaguered armies of men and scoured the war-torn lands of evil, pushing the enemy back into the underground pits and caverns from ...
Soar on the wings of Ice Dragons! Here for the first time in one volume and now available on Audible are the first three books of the epic fantasy adventure series, THE MAGIC OF LARLION. Flung off a mountain on an impossible quest. Beset by black sorcery, ice dragons and shape-shifting assassins. ...
The crystal wall of the Nether could never be climbed, until now! Natina grew up studying the artifacts found by her mother, a famous explorer. She'd be comfortable helping her parents research at home, if only her mother were home more often. Now her mother wants Natina to join the expedition to c ...
Starting school at Hawthorne University was not going well, until I met my classmate Alondra. Allie was different. She was goth. But she was also mysterious, confident and fun. I was into that. My name’s Liam. My friends call me Lee. Things got weird after I accompanied her to her haunts. Poltergeis ...
Will the Guardians be able to save the kingdom of Poker? This Epic Fantasy adventure continues... Darker. Frenetic. Powerful The Guardians can't run away from their destiny any longer. With Queen Judith and the Elements missing, it's time for them to step up and find a way to save Poker from its des ...
When the enemy comes calling, this outlaw spitfire will gamble her freedom to save her friends. Vixen Valerie’s life is a lie. After more than a decade on the run, she fears the charade is over. When an enemy nation threatens the flame-haired outlaw’s chosen homeland, she fears she’s the only on ...
This is a 26k words paranormal romance in a historical setting. The novella is a fresh new take on the classic folktale Bluebeard and contains a couple of explicit sex scenes (no kink/BDSM, etc.)
HOW MANY TIMES CAN YOU WATCH YOUR CHILD DIE TO SAVE THEIR LIFE? All her life Dawn has been troubled by lost time. She awakens suddenly in strange places far away from her last conscious memory. Kylie's over her dead-end job. As she drives away from the worst work day ever, she picks up her cell t ...
Devarim’s travels are interrupted when he encounters the victims of roadside assault. He soon realizes that not all the victims are dead, but may be held captive by a band of forest ruffians intend on abuse and enslavement. Severely outnumbered, the ranger will need all his skills to overcome the ba ...
The Singletons—Julie, Tyler, and their little sister Elizabeth—are on the run, dragged out of bed by their drug-addicted mom in the middle of the night. While on their way to the family farm, in the middle of Michigan, they see a murder by strange people in black trench coats, with weapons they’ve n ...
Long ago, the violence and radiation of terrorist wars killed America. Descendants of the survivors now dwell in a world of ritual and magic, where ten dominions struggle for supremacy and a dark, formidable power has emerged. Areenna, the only daughter of the King of Freemorn, is barely eighteen, y ...
Ireland, 1798. Tomboy Dosey Latimer hates playing prim and proper. Despite her reluctant engagement, her true passion lies with her grandfather's plans to excavate an ancient site on the estate. When they stumble upon an enigmatic stone box hidden in a sacred cave, Dosey’s curiosity gets the best of ...
Orphaned as an infant, Croft spent his early years in the harsh confines of the Abbey, dreaming of befriending a dragon. When the day finally came, an accident leaves him utterly changed and bonded to a beast named Rueloo. Facing prejudice and fear, Croft builds a quiet life in the nest among his dr ...
J.M. Hofer delivers page-turning tales of lust, power and sorcery in her award-winning Celtic Fantasy series, Islands in the Mist. Set in post-Roman Britain and steeped in Welsh legend, her stories bring to life the times just before the arrival of King Arthur.
Sam has the perfect life. Take care of the animals, hang out with her quirky crush Jake, enjoy summer. Until a dragon attacks her… The dragon poisons Sam’s father and Jake’s mother and tells the teens to go to the Amazon to get the antidote. Things get even crazier when a supernatural cat and a faer ...
A sleeping beauty. A kingdom frozen in time. Only one can save them all. Once upon a time… Lord Siward intended to go hunting, but when he stumbles upon a ruined castle and accidentally wakes the mysterious maiden sleeping inside, he knows his holiday is over. With the kingdom in trouble, S ...
Johann jumped at the offer to work at a local inn for the summer and to get away from the drudgery of the farm. His enthusiasm only increased when he met the tavern owner’s enchanting niece, Faeyn. It wasn’t long before Johann realized that there was something different about the innkeeper and his s ...
The Epic Sci-Fi Fantasy, Sword and Sorcery Saga, of the far future continues in the mystical world of Earth’s 53rd Century Concluding the opening Trilogy of the Tales Of Nevaeh series, Areenna of Freemorn and Mikaal of Tolemac bring together the ten dominions for one last battle against their ...
A fourteen-year-old bar owner, a cagey fugitive, and a badass monkey. When magical mayhem meets bloody brawls, can they survive the violent darkness?
Jack wouldn’t trade his brutal life for anything. Hardened by the merciless nature of war, he’s carved a dangerous niche running a post-a ...
When he falls for a woman promised to another, can an enchanted family heirloom aid his quest to Scotland and his ardent desire? Ireland, 1746. Traveler Éamonn Doherty thrives on wine, gambling, and song. But when his womanizing draws him to a fiery-haired lass impervious to his charms, he finds hi ...
Ladies don’t shame their families.
Ladies don’t confront Otherwordly threats.
Ladies certainly don’t admit some taint of the fae has touched their souls—unless they wish to find themselves confined to an Institution.
Gently-bred herbalist Jessa Caldwe ...
"Harry Potter meets Die Hard" - M. Bybee, WereBook.org "Madmax meets Lord of the Rings" - Goodreads.com A world once at the height of magical technology and social order has collapsed. How and why are the least of the wizard killer’s worries. Leaning my bloody head against the back of the cras ...
When Esme Silver objects at her father’s wedding, her protest is dismissed as the action of a stubborn, selfish teenager. Everyone else has accepted the loss of Esme’s mother, Ariane – so why can’t she? But Esme is suspicious. She is sure that others are covering up the real reason for her mother’s ...
In retaliation for the destruction of his brother, Golatch, the Goblin King, called upon an ancient spell. He cursed Melonie, the witch of Rustic Acres, with a virus that decimated her powers. The only cure for her mystical disease is Golatch’s death. But a three-hundred-year-old goblin will be har ...
Following a terrifying brush with death, Mara returns to her homeland virtually empty-handed. With only one magical artifact in her possession, her army out of reach, and the threat of war looming closely overhead, she fears victory will not be hers and death will soon follow despite her best effort ...
First in the new Assassins of Landria series from the award-winning, bestselling author of Scourge: A Novel of Darkhurst, and the Chronicles Of The Necromancer books! Friends since their orphanage childhood, Joel “Ridge” Breckinridge and Garrett “Rett” Kennard rose through the ranks of the Landri ...
Blood waters the fields of Alfheim. War rips across the land of usurped kings and elves. The Fae gods draw near, and Queen Kallan’s strength is tested as she follows King Rune into Alfheim. But the Shadow Beast caged within Rune’s body writhes in hunger, and Kallan’s newest compani ...
Yesterday's crime. Tomorrow's retribution. In the second book of the Amazon genre best-selling Pearseus series, the incessant scheming of the various players and their nebulous puppet-masters has brought about major change. Cyrus is now the new ruler of the Capital, struggling to fight Jonia's r ...
Eleven-year-old Elise converses with animals. Her twin brother, Frankie, unwittingly opens portals to other worlds. As if fitting in with their strange abilities at St. Dominic’s Children’s Home wasn’t hard enough, sinister men appear one day in search of the twins. Aided by their formidable librari ...
One fateful night will change their lives forever. Seeley is born a hunter. God’s warrior. She’s endowed with inexplicable gifts to slay creatures and demons threatening human’s. Alongside her guardian angel, Ezekiel, she will face unimaginable trials and tribulations. Jack Chase was born an orphan. ...
She's a legend at 17, but only Henrietta knows the price she paid for her fame ... and it was much too high.
In the buried archives of the Temple of Dust may lie the secret to defeating the Curse, a creature which seeks to destroy 16-year old Ria for the forbidden gifts she possesses. Begin the epic fantasy adventure described as “fast paced and … a wonderful fantasy trilogy” and “ ...
How do you rejoin the land of the living when you’ve been lifeless for so long? Overcoming the despair and letting go of precious things is a challenge for the Traveler when he wakes up from his latest stasis period. He clings to hope for what’s about to come, but hope may not be enough to survive a ...
Cadence knows the price of justice all too well. After surviving a massacre that took her parents from her, She must protect her teenage sisters. Cadence is determined to bring her parents' murderer to justice. But teens from both the human and Sekhmet race are disappearing and each race blames the ...
Life Is Good - The Phone Rings - And Then It isn't
T J Robertson and his wife Janet are living the good life. A high-paying tech job, a nice home and a great kid. Then they notice their son having mobility issues, he complains of vision problems. They seek medical help.
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In an age of fear, when berserkers haunt the forests of Scandinavia, a new terror rises in the north ...
I'm sixteen this year, and my mother says I should marry soon.
Loki.
I already would be married if any chieftains' sons were man enou ...
Eleanor, a timid orphan, has no clue to her real purpose, but she also has no desire to become a subservient old maid, like the miserable nuns she grew up with. Eleanor believes Edward, whom she loves, will save her from being forced to take vows. She knows Mother Superior has no intention of lettin ...
Two Warriors. Two Kings. One bridge. Some men hold secrets that are far darker than war. An old oath obligates Ulf Bodvarsson to join King Harald Hardrada’s army of Norsemen, seeking to assert his claim to the English crown. Yet near Stamford Bridge, enemies await, seeking to fulfill their own oa ...
The Tales of Ryca will introduce you to two brave sisters who are in serious trouble. One must face an enemy out to destroy her entire family. The other will confront a villain who plans to alter her world beyond recognition.
Hidden: When a young girl, injured and alone, faces a f ...
A magical gift of the fae. When a soothsayer faces her end of days, can she find her lone heir before more blood is spilled? Ireland, 1177. Royal seer Orlagh’s prophecies of war fall on deaf ears. So with her sons long dead and only an intractable girl for an apprentice, the aging visionary dreams o ...
He can save her life—if he sacrifices those he swore to protect. King’s bastard Shianan Becknam buries himself in his military career to avoid the dangers of drawing political attention. When the artifact intended to end an interdimensional war is damaged, a mage is trapped on the other side of the ...
When the magical secrets of The Emerald Isle beckon, will she survive answering the call? Pittsburgh, 1846. Valentia McDowell wishes she could rest. Plagued by nightmares of her grandmother’s mysterious brooch lost in Ireland, the well-off woman grows more troubled when a fire ravages her family’s b ...
What lies at the heart of the forgotten city?
When a deadly plague ravages their village, siblings Clem and Asi must venture into a dying forest to find the antidote. But the woods are full of dangers, and a sinister secret is hiding amid the ruins of a once-great city....
The dragons of Yuro have been hunted to extinction. On a small, isolated island, in a reclusive forest, lives bandit leader Marani and her brother Jacks. With their outlaw band they rob from the rich to feed themselves, raiding carriages and dodging the occasional vindictive pegasus. Thanks to Ma ...
She needed a kiss to break the curse. Her prince never came.
Aurora woke up after sleeping for a hundred years. Left alone and forgotten in her tower; she is desperate to find out why. What happened in the past? Why didn’t the prince keep his promise?
While Aurora slept under the cursed ...
Tria is stuck between two worlds. One that is dying and one that is trying to kill her. The only one standing between her and death is the dangerous Magician. His mission is to turn her into the most fearsome weapon the world has ever seen.
As an ancient prophecy looms ahead, Tria is for ...
Unsheathed: An Epic Fantasy Collection
Draw your blade.
Fasten your armor.
Prepare for war.
The Unsheathed Collection brings to life nine powerhouse tales of epic fantasy filled with daring duels, gruesome slaughter, and the ringing cacophony of battle.
The King is dead! Long live the King! Two princes and a beautiful and deadly Ranger find their lives intertwined in this action-packed epic fantasy. The kingdom of Pormanian has lost its king. Gideon's father has been killed in the war. His oldest brother is responsible for the fate of the kingdom—a ...
Princess Freyja is fated to lose her soul so that the Lurker Behind the Northwind can rule as the World Queen in her body. Then the aloof princess meets Ambrose, someone as lonely as she. Will he uncover in time the ring of secret agents who can combat her curse? Who will stand when...The World Qu ...
IGNORE SPIRIT WHISPERS AT YOUR PERIL! In this suspenseful ghost tale, Jaime is desperate to save her younger sister’s life. While she fights to defeat a deadly curse and save her sister, an evil plot surfaces that targets her thirteen-year old daughter. Failure means the death of loved ones and a th ...
Mmm. Shoot an apple off his friend’s head or lose his food, horse and clothes? Some decisions require little thought.
Archer is the sort of boy things happen to. Orphaned as a baby, his gifts make him different to other kids. He doesn't understand why he's so much stronger and faster ...
The city-state of Ravenwood is wealthy, powerful, and corrupt. Merchant Princes and Guild Masters wager fortunes to outmaneuver League rivals for the king’s favor and the best trading terms. Ambitious and ruthless leaders use betrayal and assassination to gain their ends. Blood magic conjures monste ...
Three friends. Evil seeks to corrupt them. If they survive... what will it cost? Twins Cataleen and Aodan share a connection through their supernatural abilities. They have the potential to do great things with their gift—if they can resist the evil that seeks to corrupt them. Their friend, Fa ...
Gwyn is just getting the hang of her time-travelling skills when her confidence takes her too far. She saves the wrong person and now the whole timeline is off track. Now she has to manipulate one of the most dangerous people in all of Europe, Cesare Borgia, son of the corrupt Pope Alexander VI, as ...
A life of luxury shattered in an instant. Can a girl protect her brothers when they’re trapped in a centuries-long curse? Pre-Celtic Ireland. Fae princess Fionnuala lives and breathes family. So after her mother dies giving birth and her father turns to drink, she shoulders the responsibility of ru ...
A Mysterious book. A Magical world. An urgent request.
When Tahendra discovers a worn journal, it stirs flashbacks of a life shes never known. Determined to help, despite fleeting memories and uncertainty, Tahendra rallies her friends.
The world of her birth is ...
Among the tribes of the Wagani war is life, and for Lut, war is his way out of the poverty that he was born into. A reaver, a warrior, and the chosen of the enigmatic goddess the Azure Queen, he has dedicated his existence to furthering her glory by the bite of his axe. Bloodthirsty, powerful, and w ...
A little mermaid. A prince to save. Only silence can break the spell. Once upon a time… The mermaid Margareta saved Prince Erik from a shipwreck. Wanting to see the prince again, Margareta strikes a bargain with the Master of Beacon Isle. If she saves his sons from a terrible curse, he will re ...
Thian came from the wrong side of the tracks, the wrong side of the law... the wrong side of pretty much everything. When a freak incident reveals his shifter nature, he was taken in by the Dark Leopards. Now, he must race the clock to gather intel to protect his family, their city, and the woman he ...
“A dying confession? Hmm, I have heard of the human habit. How amusing you should share it with your bane.” Everyone dies. Hereb had always accepted that. Risk was part of the deal when it came to adventuring. After all, wasn’t that one of the main reasons you went on adventures? Still, lying broke ...
A vampire who's lost everything he cared about searches for solace in all the wrong places. Zacharias, a former flight trainer in Gabriel's Legion, was accused and convicted of an abominable crime, then banished to Earth. Now a vampire in the Santa Cruz nest, he struggles to find the confidence h ...
Universes don't build themselves, you know. We have staff for that. We call them gods...
When a young god named Bernie finally gets a job building universes, it starts a series of mishaps that spark numerous revelations. Challenged by his supervisor to prove ...
He lost his family. He’s got voices in his head. And he’s more powerful than they ever imagined… Fifteen-year-old apprentice Kyril is sick of being bullied. And after a tragic fire leaves him orphaned with out-of-control thoughts and powers, he can’t wait to escape constant taunting at the wizard ac ...
Destiny draws them together, but darkness forces them apart. A vampire born of evil. A beautiful young maiden. An ancient prophecy foretold that Mirela would unite with the vampire prince. He was her destiny and her soul mate. She vows to follow her vampire love - even beyond death. And must cross t ...
Nora has visions of horrific things. Things that lurk in the shadows and feast on bones. After moving with her mother into an old farmhouse, Nora discovers a blank journal that fills itself with an ominous warning. A cursed beast is coming for her, and time is running out. When the lunar blood moon ...
Alexandra's family have kept a huge secret from her for 21 years. A secret that is now opening her eyes to a weird reality and biting her in the ass. If she had known maybe she would have been prepared when her life gets flipped upside down, and actual trolls start trying to abduct her so the ancien ...
Would you protect a girl whose forbidden abilities condemn her to death? Welcome to the world of Myrrah, ruled by the Church of Four Orders - Fire, Earth, Water, and Air. But there exists another gift, dubbed magic, which is considered an aberration by the Church. To be born with the powers of magic ...
