by J.D. Lovely
In the stone city of Magehold, where the wealthy cast fire and the quarry-born toil away beneath them, magic is not inherited but calculated. Each spell is meticulously planned and crafted and practiced. A world of possibilities, and a handful of variables to balance. Aron and his friend Garett, lower class workers, are given the one shot they will ever find of making it out of their class and saving their families. The chance to attend the Mage Academy. They know they walk towards impossible odds and swifter death than they would face in the mines, but to them it is a small glimmer of hope in an otherwise hopeless life.Will they survive? Will they earn the respect of the nobles who consider their very lives an insult?
