Korinna's life gets turned upside down when the ghost of her father suddenly appears. Her father was duke of Kyratia City and he wanted Korinna to marry his warlord, the foreign mercenary Galenos, and inherit his title—but the city's Council has other plans. When the Council denies Korinna's right to rule, she decides to join Galenos' mercenary company and tame a wild marewing in order to take the city by force. But people whisper that the late duke's untimely death was murder, an induced madness that forced him to dance himself to death—and now that madness is spreading. Can Korinna become a marewing rider and conquer Kyratia in time to save everyone?

Chimaera, harpies, mermaids, pirates, and mercenaries who ride the mysterious marewings—the world of Wyld Magic is filled with monsters and other dangers. Five young men and women fight for their lives in these five flash stories of only 500 words each: In “Black Flag”, Mkumba fights magic-wielding pirates on the high seas. In “Fishing Net”, Orivan catches a mermaid during a fishing trip. In “The Knife”, Herokha’s skills as a spy are tested by a mercenary warlord. In “Shield”, Itychia and her marewing face off against an acid-spitting harpy. In “The Last Coin”, Korinna’s farm is attacked by a chimaera. Fans of A Flight of Marewings will get a glimpse into the past of these characters from the novel, and new readers will learn about Wyld Magic in this short introduction to the series.