Forging the Circle

In the heartland of the west, earth magic is rising; in the blood of a boy descended from ancient kings, a sorcerer’s fire is igniting. As Graegor comes to know who he truly is and what destruction he can unleash, his self-control is tested by injustice, heresy, arrogance, love - and by the others like him. For he belongs to the next generation of power: nine new sorcerers, each possessing different strengths and shades of magic energy. With them come the prophecies and wars of their people, the fears and ambitions they keep secret, and the promise - or threat - of a new age... 

If Tabitha can keep her darkest secrets buried under beauty, poise, and power, if she can master the magic of her land, her people, and her own mind, and if she can trick her family, her friends, and the sorcerers of her Circle into believing she is pure as ice, she can have everything she ever wanted. But there are those who want her, and all like her, dead; those who would see the prophecies fulfilled, whatever the cost; and those who, by loving her, arouse her greatest fears....