Fifteen-year-old apprentice mage Stellan has always been mediocre at magic, his spells fizzling more often than they succeed. When he discovers a mysterious orb buried beneath his master's tower, everything changes. The artifact pulses with ancient power, whispering secrets of forgotten sorcery directly into his mind. His fellow apprentice Lyric warns him that power without understanding leads to corruption, but the orb's knowledge is intoxicating. As dark forces converge on the tower seeking the artifact, Stellan must decide whether to embrace the dangerous magic offered by the orb or trust in the slower path his master has been teaching. The choice becomes harder when he learns the orb contains the trapped consciousness of the greatest sorcerer who ever lived, and that sorcerer has plans of his own.
A creator and fiction writer with a passion for crafting stories that linger. I explore the spaces between the ordinary and the extraordinary, where characters wrestle with choices that define them. When I'm not writing, I'm usually reading, watching movies, or observing the small human moments that fuel my imagination. Always working on the next story by documenting my ideas and bringing them to life and for interested people.View all by Liam Ross
