Winter Mage

After five hundred years, forbidden magic is returning—and Kadaris will risk everything to claim it.

Kadaris spends life chasing real magic: forbidden spells, forgotten books, hidden teachers, and every dangerous rumor that leads her closer to the power the world tried to erase.

Whispers of rogue mages and outlawed magic draw her into an investigation, and Kadaris finds more than she bargained for: an ancient relic tied to the vanished power of the Arcana.

And she is not the only one looking.

Some want the relic's power for themselves. Some would destroy it. Some would bury it so deeply no mage will ever touch that power again.

Mages are tolerated now, but barely. If the relic is used as a weapon, it could give the world a reason to hunt magic again.

Kadaris doesn't need to be powerful to be condemned.

To those who fear magic, a spark is enough.