The Balance
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Magic. War. Fate. Love. Six strangers chosen by prophecy must become something more: a Balance to save their world.
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The Thorne Sisters are burning their way through the kingdom captuing magical beings, destroying villages and killing anyone who dares oppose them. In a last-ditch effort to stop them the High Council calls together The Balance, a group of strangers who possess unique powers meant to balance each other out so that they become unstoppable. Despite this destined calling, their leader and guide Vitomir finds himself in charge of the most fractured, emotionally wounded band of heroes he could've been given. The group must learn to put aside their differences, harness their powers, and confront fate itself. To stop the Thorne sisters, they will need more than magic. They'll need each other.
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