SamanthaJR
The city of Harborne is one with a troubled past. Its influence once wiped out an entire nation and, in return, it brought the wrath of the Dragon-Kin, of Bron and the Viper, down upon its walls. For over a year it survived, protected by the subtleties of its location, by the ocean and the rain, until its fate was eventually sealed by one of its own. In this world where everyone is born with magic, Edward Montgomery, who somehow had not a scrap of power within him, turned his heart to darkness and let the serpents through Harborneβs battered gates.
And though this happened seven generations ago, there is still a saying in the city that survived Bron: βNo magic leads to dark magicβ.
Which wasnβt a problem when Kiara was a child and could disappear from sight with nothing more than a simple thought. Only now sheβs inexplicably crippled, with no magic to speak of, and the horizons beckon. Sheβs headed East, to the Mirror City, because they say a man can buy anything there, anything at all. And anything is exactly what sheβd give to get her magic back. Sheβs willing to face dragons for it.
Lucky, really, since Ben is tired of this power he cannot control, and heβs headed East too, to see if he canβt just sell his.
**** Watty Award Shortlisted (Most Imaginative Setting) 2012 *****