Exhausted with life, Dakota tries to end his -- only to be saved at the last moment by his friend Terrell, who then drags him into a world of magic and intrigue that's always been right there, hidden beneath the surface.<br><br>Powerful magic users are steadily pulling the planet into a violent war, and evil forces will stop at nothing to take the talismans possessed by Dakota and his newfound family. Dakota soon finds himself deeply in over his head ... with love, with family, with fighting for all their lives.

The Pyre Starter

Getting Kenna to agree to leave was too easy. He didn’t like how quickly she simply went along with it. A girl that age, he thought, should be a little more independent, should have some opinion about her life. But when he pressed the issue further, she looked at him like he was crazy. “If we have to go, we should go,” she said.


She made it sound so simple. As though they weren’t leaving behind a chance at a normal life for God knows what.


And when he told her they would have to lie to Hope and Dillon? Kenna was on board with that, too. “They wouldn’t understand.”


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