The Aether Beacons (The Elven Hierarchies, Part #1)

Elves. They are better than us in every way-more elegant, wiser, more beautiful, and stronger. They know it, and they love it. Lugotérix Moritex is a young human living in a world ruled by them. When he discovers that he is an umbriphage, one of the few humans capable of wielding magic like the elves, he becomes entangled in a conflict between two great magocracies. On one side stands the High Elven Council, formed by luminous elven nobles blessed with divine powers. On the other, the League of Wizards, created by burghers, minor nobility, scholars, and artisans seeking a glimpse of aristocratic power. Everything changes when a brilliant yet ruthless dark elf creates the Aether Beacons-towers capable of storing ethereal energy and amplifying the powers of the League's members, placing both magocracies on equal footing. But there can be only one at the top, and soon a bloody civil war will erupt between the two elven empires. A cycle of conspiracy, betrayal, vengeance, and hatred will follow. Meanwhile, another magocracy begins to take shape in the shadows: a Pact of Warlocks, also seeking to climb the elven hierarchies.