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For three years, Malz has fought a brutal, losing war against the Arkothan Empire. The lines between partisan and terrorist have long since blurred, and every fight is a desperate struggle to survive. When a mission goes catastrophically wrong, and Malz is the only survivor, he pays a devastating price to escape.
Now, with a new face and a new identity, he must infiltrate a prestigious imperial magic academy, a place where a life of luxury and power is offered for the first time. The allure of this new world threatens to eclipse his old loyalties. But the same dark magic that saved him is a hunger he can't put aside, and the deeper he falls, the more his very identity begins to unravel.