Adrien Desfourneaux, professor of magic, must survive his own
failing mental health and a tenuous partnership with a dangerous ally
in order to save the city of Astrum from a spreading curse.
Adrien Desfourneaux,
professor of magic and disgraced ex-physician, has discovered a
conspiracy. Someone is inflicting magical comas on the inhabitants of
the massive city of Astrum, and no one knows how or why. Caught
between a faction of scheming magical academics and an explosive
schism in the ranks of the Astrum's power-hungry military, Adrien is
swallowed by the growing chaos. Alongside Gennady, an unruly, damaged
young soldier, and Malise, a brilliant healer and Adrien's best
friend, Adrien searches for a way to stop the spreading curse before
the city implodes. He must survive his own bipolar disorder, his
self-destructive tendencies, and his entanglement with the man who
doesn't love him back.
