In the first book of the Fado series, a young and beautiful Wizard of the Senchai Order, Verdor, is sent to the drought-ravaged kingdom of the Giants where a brutal and evil Putris Darkin secretly awaits. His plan is simple--destroy everything. Verdor's only hope, and the Giants' last chance, means sacrificing the one she loves. If she can only survive."

A young boy, Agnus O' Red, discovers to his dismay that he has magical powers. He can't control them, can't conjure them when he wants to. They are annoying. What good is making a flower bloom? He was born that way. Different. Agnus is torn by his unwanted gifts and desperate at disappointing his father, a hard working man who views labor as the only redeeming quality in life. Into his tortured world Agnus finds the love of a young girl named Thawn Fine. Living begins to look better. Then his tribe of gentle horse people is attacked by an evil beyond their comprehension, one that brings...