Winner 2017 National IE Award for Fantasy. Winner 2017 Readers Favorite for Epic Fantasy. Winner 2017 Beverly Hills Awards for Fantasy. RunnerUp 2017 Kindle Book Awards for Fantasy/SciFi. Magic is outlawed. Those caught wielding it are taken to the White Tower. They are never heard from again. After the chaos of the great Wizard Wars nearly a thousand years ago, the people turned their backs on magic. It was deemed evil. Those born with it will stop at nothing to remain hidden. In the north, a young boy is hunted by the Black Watch. Desperate to survive, he turns to the one thing he fears most. Magic. A young girl's affection for him forces her to pick up the sword. Her life may never be the same. In the east, a tortured prisoner vows to escape the White Tower. His sister’s life depends on it. And in the west, a captain fights to protect his king while shielding the woman he loves from the king's son. The world balances on the edge of a blade. Can a handful of wielders manage to change it? The first installment in the Aldoran Chronicles, a new epic fantasy saga filled with magic and monsters, sword and scorcery, heroes, villains, and those in between.