Crystal-ball Stories

Joshua is stolen from his parents by the king, who raises him as his own son. How will he reach his true potential if he doesn't know who he really is?

Only an heir of Gallel can wield the Ball of Lights, an ancient and powerful crystal sphere lost to time. It holds the key to either stopping or freeing a powerful demon, depending on the intent of the wielder. This demon, Tavaris, is intent on bringing utter peace to the world, an end to all war and pain... but at the expense of individual thought and reason. Canúden is a commoner, bright, but with no special power, yet a mage with the ability to sense potential sees that he will stand against the most powerful and ruthless prime mage in the world, whose life has been spent to serve and then free Tavaris from the Void. She needs only to usurp the heir of Gallel, and to find the Ball of Lights, to accomplish her goal. Dylin, the mother of the heir, wishes only to protect her daughter from the anguish of an inevitable forced marriage.

Canúden and Lianna return to Gallel to face a life of loss, as Lianna prepares for her wedding with Kel Emick. Minara seeks the Ball of Lights, which she needs to bring Tavaris from the void to the earth. She will do anything to anyone in order to find it. She will also do anything to prevent Lianna from wedding Emick.

Many in Galia resent Kel Emick and his Turbian ancestry; with Canúden refusing his right of Kelship, Galians seek another heir: another grandson of Kel Tutang the Ninth, brutal and unmerciful, but with a wari gift to make people love him. His Kelship would cause Galia and Gallel to crumble: but that's what Minara and Tavaris want. A crumbled Galia would seek the ultimate peace that Tavaris offers. Canúden and his friends leave Galia in search of Hallel, but things get rough when the Ball of Lights suddenly refuses to guide them. What they find instead may turn out to be the world's salvation, or it may guide Minara to their location.