The Wanderer

For decades, the Great Council of wizards has searched for the Silver Forest, the hidden sanctuary said to contain the source of all knowledge. But when one of their own betrays them, stealing a golden staff to amplify his power, the wizards are left fractured and afraid. Sixteen years later, Asmar is an outsider in the quiet village of Tuland, until a summons to the legendary city of Dolcere reveals a truth he never imagined: He is a wizard, chosen by the Council to stop the renegade Malzus and take back what he stole.

Bracat has changed since the Moment—the collective joining of minds—opened up new possibilities of peace for its people. Even the rogue wizard Malzus is seeking forgiveness for his past sins. But this new feeling of unity is tentative, and the future is never certain . . . In the midst of this change, gem cutter Theb discovers something curious: It looks like an ordinary stone, but he knows it is something extraordinary. A crystal that exists in two realms at once, but only Theb can see its uniqueness.

The Moment—the brief joining of minds that awakened compassion across Bracat—is fading from memory. Some still remember, but many have forgotten, while others never experienced it at all. As old fears return, the Great Council of Wizards resumes its relentless search for the Golden Tree, while the ruthless Thurmore embraces forbidden powers in pursuit of his dream.