Kellen is discovering that he is as mediocre an outlaw as he was a mage in this second book of the series, uncovering a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder it falls on him to rectify. Fans of Stephen King's }The Dark Tower{ series may be particularly absorbed by this compelling and charcter-rich fantasy

SORCERY IS A SCAM . . .

Four months after fleeing his own people, Kellen has discovered he's an even worse outlaw than he was mage. It doesn't help that his only allies are a swaggering card player and a thieving squirrel cat.

Then he meets Seneira, a blindfolded girl who isn't blind, and whose secrets get them caught up in a conspiracy of magic, blackmail and murder. Now Kellen must find the mage responsible before the entire frontier falls victim to the mystical plague known as the shadowblack.