Prequel for the Broken Throne series. Europe is in ruins, and England is falling. Ricky is a magic-user—a chanter—in a world where magic is dying. Blamed for the death of magic, he flees across England and sails to the United Americas, looking for a fresh start. But magic is failing on the other side of the ocean as well—and once there, in his adopted city of Baltimore, he’ll have to decide: will he move into a bright future with the lovely Ellie, or will his dark past drag him down?