Wit'ch Fire - Banned & the Banished Author:James Clemens A magnificent epic of dazzling magic and searing prophecy — From a brilliant new voice in fantasy comes a band of heroes, a world in — peril, and an unforgettable heroine whose unexpected gift of magic awakens — an ancient, slumbering evil. — On a fateful night five centuries ago, three mages made a desperate last — stand, sacrificing everythi... more »ng to preserve the only hope of goodness in the
beautiful, doomed land of Alasea. Now, on the anniversary of that ominous
night, a girl-child ripens into the heritage of lost power. But before she
can even comprehend her terrible new gift, the Dark Lord dispatches his
winged monsters to capture her and bring him the embryonic magic she
embodies.
Fleeing the minions of darkness, Elena is swept toward certain doom--and
into the company of unexpected allies. Aided by a one-armed warrior and a
strange seer, she forms a band of the hunted and the cursed, the outcasts
and the outlaws, to battle the unstoppable forces of evil and rescue a