The Lich's Thrall

A student of the Mage's Academy is detained by its malicious headmaster. She is spared, though she is forced to prove her worth. Edi Nari—a woman once resigned to a quiet life of study—soon finds herself thrust into a small-scale war against the living dead. Though they are controlled by beings of unfathomable power called liches, something more baleful stirs beneath the land...