At sixteen Kara Fonti still has no magic. But Mage Guild, the most powerful of all the Guilds in Tregella, has a use for her - they will force her to bear children for men who do have magic. Arabella Fonti, to protect her own status within the guild, pushes her daughter to do the unthinkable - run away to live outside the guild system. But unguilded are not welcome in Tregella, especially on the magical chain of islands of the capital Rillidi. In increasing danger of being arrested or killed, Kara finds refuge on Old Rillidi, the original island that was neither created by magic nor...

Timo Valendis place in Mage Guild-the most powerful of all of Tregellas guilds-seems secure. His mother is a magically formidable and politically important Mage and hes apprenticed to the Mage Guild Primus, the head of the guild and the most influential man in the country.

But Timo has a secret, one neither his mentor nor his mother want to know. Like Kara Fonti, the half-sister he is forbidden to see, Timo has unmagic-a rare ability that allows him to see and manipulate the spells others have created. But unlike his sister, Timo is also a powerful mage.

When he no longer can count on the...

Aric Rawlings is the first man in the Riverman village to inherit Shaman powers in generations. Still trying to control his new gifts, Aric and his lover, Faelin, a true Conjurer, must work together to combat their new enemy, Burrage, another true Conjurer.

Burrage has the spell and the ability to complete the curse placed on the Rivermen. With the people of the Bridge turned against them, Aric and Faelin will have to save themselves and protect the Rivermen . . . no matter the cost to Aric.