Our hero’s imprisonment has ended. He managed to escape and save his people. But what now? To go “where the wind blows,” or accept the offer of apprenticeship from a powerful mage? At first glance, the answer seems obvious. But will this choice prove fatal? Because the place he will take is fought over without end. And many won’t like that some low-born outsider got there ahead of them. But that’s their problem. After all, for all his enemies, fate is only one thing—death.