Orson and his friends are heading for an epic magical showdown, and not everyone will make it out alive.
The millennia-old Paragon Society is on the brink of destruction. The heart of its power has been reduced to rubble, most of the leadership killed, and Marcus, the blood-mage, is once again on the loose, wreaking havoc.
It feels like the bad guys are winning.
All hope is not lost. Heidi Aldridge, a reformed blood-mage, may hold the key to unraveling the genetic code that is the very founda...