For centuries, the all-powerful Guild of Magi recruited apprentices—future uncrowned kings of this land—only from children of the noblest families, for the Law of magic stated that the Gift had never belonged to the offspring of commoners. But one day everything changed. Because Sonéa, a poor street thief, is the bearer of the great Gift of “wild magic,” unlike anything else—a Gift that the Light Magi want to develop through training and guide into the proper channel… a Gift that the Dark Magi are trying to destroy—even if it costs Sonéa’s life. Yet some of the Dark Magi fight openly, while others hiding behind the mask of the Light are waiting for the moment to strike from behind…