Exiles

Volume 1 -- Ruins of Ambrai

The Mageborn
A thousand years ago, Mageborns fled prejudice and persecution to colonize the planet Lenfell -- pristine, untouched, a perfect refuge for those whose powes were perceived as a threat by people not gifted with magic. But the greater the magic, the greater the peril -- and Lenfell was soon devastated by a war between rival Mageborn factions that polluted land, sea, and air with Wild Magic and unleashed the hideous specters known as the Wraithenbeasts.
Generations after that terrible war, with the land recovered from crippling wounds and the people no longer threatened by genetic damage, Mageborns still practice their craft -- but under strict constraints. Yet so long as the rivalry between Mage Guardians and the Lords of Malleris continues, the threat of another war is ever present. And someone has been planning just such a war for many long years, the final strike in a generations-old bid for power....

A Family Divided
For generations the Mage Guardians and the Lords of Malerris have waged a secret war against one another -- and the world of Lenfell has paid the price. And though the Mage Guardians came close to being destroyed in the last confrontation, the Malerrisi were ultimately forced to withdraw, relinquishing much of the control they had gained.
But their retreat has not been as complete as it seems. For Glenin, former First Daughter of Ambrai, is determined to have her revenge and regain her power, plotting the ruin of her sisters, Sarra, counselor of Sheve, and Cailet, the new Mage Captal, while the Malerrisi -- under Glenin's leadershhip -- once again begin weaving a web with which to entangle their entire world.
And even as Cailet's dream of a restored Mage Hall becomes a reality, and Sarra's legal reforms offer hope of a greater prosperity and equality for all people, Glenin prepares to strike at the very heart of both of her sisters' power. All it will take is the betrayal of Ambrai's most closely guarded family secret, and the right traitor planted in the heart of Cailet's haven -- a traitor trained to be the nemesis of all Mage Guardians; Glenin's perfect tool of destruction and most loyal follower -- her own son...