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Qwinn knows his music is unusual; when he plays his lute, the notes spiral outward in colorful threads that only he can see. But he has no idea of the extraordinary power in his songs until a mysterious stranger, Enders, appears in his village, and launches him on a magical quest.
After Qwinn and Enders, using a combination of song and sword, defeat nine vicious man-wolves who attack Qwinn’s home, they set out to discover the nature of Qwinn’s musical mastery. When they encounter a three-hundred-year-old whisperer with a deadly past, and his lovely and insouciant niece, Qwinn uncovers something far more sinister: a plot for dominion and genocide, created by an evil sorcerer, Oreth. He has paralyzed their magical world by disrupting the cosmic balance of an enchanted life force, and rendered the wizards of the land powerless.
All but one. The inscrutable Enders conceals the most vital, game-changing secret of them all. He reveals himself as a wizard. He has been feeding off Qwinn’s music. Touching it. Using its power to keep himself alive. Qwinn must harness the magic of his music and lead the last living wizard through the perilous land to foil Oreth’s dark ambitions.