Book One of a Two Part Story Arc and the First in a Series Ven Khalida is a land of magic and gods. Settlements abound, both large and small, each with a life of their own and hidden secrets. Except Rottwealth. A backwater village, surrounded by mountains and ignored by most, nothing of merit ever leaves the valley. Aside, of course, from the mystical plant which shares its name. A plant that can heal even the most dire wounds in a matter of moments, and flourishes within the swamp that takes up part of the valley. Ean Sangrave, a disgruntled Healer's apprentice barely in his twenties, wants...

Esmerelda Ciantar was the eldest child of the most powerful of the Hawkpurse families. Her family's history could be traced back before the Plague and could have been the very first Hawkpurse family in existence. Trained from an early age to eventually take over the family business, Ezzy spent the first twenty years of her life shut away from the rest of the world. But then one man destroyed hundreds of years of her family's wealth and prosperity. Ean Sangrave. Now Ezzy is set on a path to find the man responsible for her family's tragic downfall. Her only ally is Nolan Bintershad, her...