Inland Sea

On the run from killers who hide in the shadows, Jasika has made dangerous enemies and even more dangerous friends. When her guildmaster is killed under suspicious circumstances, she wants retribution. The price on her head, however, has her running for her life. Soon, all she is left with are her dangerous memories and an ancient box that holds the key to her future... and the future of the entire realm.

The Wasting, a dangerous hereditary disease, has cursed the members of a small northern family for generations. After their mother fell to the disease, watching her brother die from the same affliction, Keyt decides it is finally time to take action, to find a cure and stop the Wasting once and for all. She is willing to follow any lead, any legend, any hope there is to be found in order to save her brother Malec from the inevitable. Her search leads her to information about a mysterious water source called the lifespring, reportedly able to cure all ailments, both magical and natural. Nobody knows precisely where the lifespring is located, or if it even exists outside of the legends, but Keyt is determined to find it in time to save her brother. From the glacial peaks of the Ram Mountains to an oasis in the middle of the searing Fusite Desert to a set of dangerous subterranean caves outside of Ruschlack, she searches high and low, collecting samples of any water she finds in the hope that one of them contains what she needs to save the last of her family.

Three Rivers Academy is known as the premier training academy for aspiring mages in the Inland Empire. Students travel from all reaches of the four empires to learn in its hallowed halls under the tutelage of the learned Magi. In this esteemed facility, students can learn how to grow and develop their magical abilities... assuming they live that long. The Grand Coven, little more than rumors and frightening tales to scare the incoming students, is much more real than most of the residents believe, as Ahna knows far too well. They are the reason she has been sent to learn at Three Rivers Academy, far from her homeland, where nobody knows who she truly is. Information about her family could threaten the future of an entire empire. When she digs too deeply, determined to find out how deep the roots of the Grand Coven go, she comes closer to the mysterious and dangerous group than she ever wanted to be, far too close for safety. To keep her head attached and her body intact, she must escape from the confines of the Academy and find a way to survive.