Dawnshipper [Magic System,War,Politics]

In Thaloria, Mana runs everything. It is dug from the earth, refined into fuel, and burned to power the cities, airships, railways, and weapons of a civilization built on its abundance. For generations, the Great Houses have grown rich controlling the wells, trading Mana and influence in equal measure. But the wells are running dry. Old alliances are fracturing. New bargains are being made in secret. And beneath the polished halls of Thaloria’s ruling houses, everyone is preparing for the same thing: a war no one can afford to fight. Devvyn Dawnshipper has no house, no wealth, and no name worth remembering. In a world ruled by bloodlines and Mana, staying invisible is how people like him survive. But Devvyn has never been content with surviving. His grandmother, a brilliant inventor who once served one of the Great Houses gave up everything to live in near poverty rather than remain a servant to the people who built their empire on Mana. Devvyn refuses to follow her into obscurity. There is only one path out for someone born with nothing. Bond an Echo. Fragments of dead gods, Echoes are powerful, dangerous, and coveted by those desperate enough to wield them. The lucky inherit them. The wealthy buy them. The desperate risk everything in the yearly Gauntlet for the chance to claim one. With civil war looming and Thaloria's old order beginning to crumble, Devvyn defies his grandmother and enters the Gauntlet. What he bonds with should not exist. An Echo unlike anything the world has ever seen. And suddenly, the boy who had nothing has become the one thing every Great House fears. Because Devvyn's Echo may hold the power to save Thaloria. Or destroy it.