Mordecai has made the ultimate sacrifice to keep his family safe, and now struggles to understand what he has become.
Rejected by all, he must learn to master the darkness within if he is to stop Mal'goroth from destroying humanity. Alone, he battles to control the malevolent magic that has consumed him as he searches for some way to turn his destructive new powers against the Dark Gods themselves. To win, he must somehow transform his own damnation into mankind's salvation.
Seven years have passed since Mordecai's battle with the Shining God, Celior.
Since that time, his control of his abilities has vastly improved. He has, at last, envisioned a use for the 'God-Stone', but the gods want vengeance and now seek to destroy everything he has built. The secrets of the past threaten the future of his kingdom, his family, and perhaps humanity itself, unless Mordecai can discover the meaning of 'Illeniel's Doom'.
How far will a desperate wizard go to protect his children…or will his efforts merely damn them all?
Mordecai's growing power and success have made him a threat, not just to the gods and their minions, but also to the king of Lothion.
An unholy bargain has been struck to bring him to heel and increasingly it seems that victory may not be worth the price, not if the cost is measured in the blood of his family.
Wizard, lord, husband, father, and now archmage...no man can balance so many roles without sacrificing something.
Will the world be worth saving if it costs him the very reasons he has for living in it?
Mordecai has discovered his heritage and must take up the mantle of a lord of the realm, while figuring out what it really means to be a mage of the line of Illeniel.
He is beset on both sides by allies and enemies trying to control or destroy his future. Gods and kings both seek to manipulate him for their own ends, and no matter what he chooses his loved ones will suffer. Will he risk destroying his love with a bond that might be her death, or face the madness that comes to wizards who embrace power without restraint?
Rejected by all, Mordecai must learn to master the darkness within if he is to stop Mal'goroth from destroying humanity. Alone, he battles to control the malevolent magic that has consumed him as he searches for some way to turn his destructive new powers against the Dark Gods themselves. To win, he must somehow transform his own damnation into mankind's salvation.
In the fourth installment of the Mageborn series, Mordecai, desperate to save his children, contemplates entering into a bargain with the shiggreth, humanity's oldest foe.
Seven years have passed since Mordecai's battle with the Shining God, Celior, and since that time his control of his abilities has vastly improved. He has at last envisioned a use for the 'God-Stone,' but the gods want vengeance and now seek to destroy everything he has built. The secrets of the past threaten the future of his kingdom, his family, and perhaps humanity itself, unless Mordecai can discover the meaning of 'Illeniel's Doom.' How far will a desperate wizard go to protect his children . . . or will his efforts merely damn them all?
In the third installment of the Mageborn series, as Mordecai's power grows, he wonders if the sacrifices he must make will be worth it.
Mordecai's growing power and success have made him a threat, not just to the gods and their minions, but also to the king of Lothion. An unholy bargain has been struck to bring him to heel and increasingly it seems that victory may not be worth the price, not if the cost is measured in the blood of his family. Wizard, lord, husband, father, and now archmage . . . no man can balance so many roles without sacrificing something. Will the world be worth saving if it costs him the very reasons he has for living in it?
Mordecai faces a wide array of foes as he takes up the mantle of a lord of the realm, in the second book in the Mageborn series.
Mordecai has discovered his heritage and must take up the mantle of a lord of the realm, while figuring out what it really means to be a mage of the line of Illeniel. He is beset on both sides by allies and enemies trying to control or destroy his future. Gods and kings both seek to manipulate him for their own ends, and no matter what he chooses his loved ones will suffer. Will he risk destroying his love with a bond that might be her death, or face the madness that comes to wizards who embrace power without restraint?
In the first book in an enthralling new fantasy series, Mordecai, the son of a blacksmith, discovers his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him, he finds himself drawn into a dangerous plot.
Mordecai's simple life as the son of a blacksmith is transformed by the discovery of his magical birthright. As he journeys to understand the power within him he is drawn into a dangerous plot to destroy the Duke of Lancaster and undermine the Kingdom of Lothion. Love and treachery combine to embroil him in events he was never prepared to face. What he uncovers will change his understanding of the past, and alter the future of those around him.
