Please, let me die first. Huddled in the shadows, Jae watches while one of the Mé'Draak brands his cellmate as a slave before viciously dragging him from the room. Feeling the weight of the metal collar around his neck, Jae is left alone to contemplate his own fate. Will the afternoon session finally Break him? Will it kill him? Or will he end up like the boy, a helpless pawn neither living nor dead?

A month after Jae proved everything the Mé’Draak believed about their magic to be wrong, he’s finally beginning to settle into his demanding new role as Healer. But he quickly discovers that everything comes at a price – even good deeds. Will he have the strength to protect a little girl crucial to the future of the world, or will Ilvania fall into shadow?

Jae and Juriel's fight to redeem the College of the Mé'Draak continues in the riveting third installment of The Legacy of Ilvania! Months have passed since Juriel survived her father's attempted honor killing. Hungry for revenge, she's spent the time honing her magic under Jae's careful tutelage. But in her quest for justice, a new terror emerges. A plague is ravaging the people of Ilvania. Jae and Juriel work tirelessly to heal the infected, but they soon discover they're fighting a losing battle. Despite all efforts to keep it contained, it's spreading. For this isn't an epidemic of nature, it's one born of magic. A magic that reveals a great evil long since forgotten.