Magic. Romance.
Rivals. Perfect for fans
of Throne of Glass, Falling Kingdoms, and Tamora Pierce.
Before the age of seventeen, the young men and women of
Jerar are given a choice —pursue a trade or enroll in a trial year in one of
the realm’s three war schools to study as a soldier, knight, or mage…
For fifteen-year-old Ryiah, the choice has always been easy.
Become a mage and train in Combat, the most prestigious faction of magic.
Yet when she arrives, Ry finds herself competing against
friend and foe for one of the exalted apprenticeships. Everyone is rooting for
her to fail—first and foremost among them is Prince Darren, the school prodigy
who has done nothing but make life miserable since she arrived.
Will
she survive, or will her dream go down in flames?
She survived a trial year at the Academy of Magic, but that was the easy part…
Now sixteen-year-old Ryiah is an apprentice of Combat, her school’s most notorious faction. When she finishes, she will be a war mage, but in order to do so, she has to survive four years traveling across Jerar, training with a master she hates, her old nemesis, Priscilla, and Prince Darren, her sometimes-rival sometimes… more?
Ry’s new apprenticeship is nothing like what she prepared for. War is on the horizon and her lessons aren’t just for practice anymore.
It’s time to fight.
Welcome to the
Candidacy. Where dreams go to die.
Twenty-year-old Ryiah is a black mage of Combat, but she’s
not the Black Mage. Yet. She’s had
her eyes on the legendary robe for as long as she can remember, and in just one
year, she will have a chance at her country’s prestigious—and only—tourney for
war mages... Too bad she is going up against a certain prince—the one person she
has yet to beat.
The Candidacy finally arrives and a winner is robed, but
something dark is lurking in her kingdom’s midst. Rival nations are closing in,
and it’s time to make an alliance.
Unfortunately for Ryiah, that’s only the beginning. The
worst enemy resides in the palace.
He’s the Black
Mage and she’s the traitor to the Crown.
Ryiah’s world was shattered the night she
discovered King Blayne’s nefarious plans. Now, she has to betray the one she
loves most in order to save the realm from war. Torn between love and duty, Ry
finds herself on a perilous mission to help the rebels and convince the kingdom
of Pythus not to honor its pact with the corrupt king of Jerar—all the while deceiving the
most powerful mage in the realm, the very man sworn to protect the Crown and
hunt the rebels at all costs: her husband.
She’s one step ahead, but sooner or later the
curtain will fall.
Sooner or later, she’ll have to fight.
Witness the epic conclusion of The Black Mage series, and see just how
far one girl will go to save her kingdom and the boy she loves—even when that boy has become
the enemy.
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Prince. Prodigy. Mage. Perfect for fans of Throne of Glass, Falling Kingdoms, and Tamora Pierce.
Novella follows Prince Darren as a child through adolescence and his first run-in with Ryiah at the Academy of Magic. Readers discover the dark backstory between the two princes and their father, as well as the ensuing events that shaped Darren into the Academy’s most prodigal mage.
Rachel E. Carter is a YA & NA author who hoards coffee and books. She has a weakness for villain and Mr. Darcy love interests. Her first series is the bestselling YA fantasy, The Black Mage, and she has plenty more books to come.
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