Publisher's Synopsis
Cael Ivywood has been prepared his whole life to use his magic and swordsmanship for an incredibly dangerous and important task, but he is not allowed to know what it is until his eighteenth birthday. Eager to put his training to good use Cael convinces his five friends to patrol the streets of their city to protect its citizens.But when a mysterious and cruel man confronts him and attacks him with a magical fireball and with the time to complete his task fast approaching, Cael will learn that there is a big difference between fighting common hoodlums and hardened warriors with weapons as powerful as his own. He will begin to wonder if a lifetime of training is enough to do what is expected of him.
