A novella set in the same world as The Forked Path and other Tales of the Wild. A story about why the teenage brain and magic can be a bad combination or – with the right teacher – a delight. The way involves journeys, bandits, feuds, snakes, a dead ancestor and a vendetta, but it’s worth it. Or so Effran comes to believe.
Effran has a talent for magic. He is also a teenager and has trouble keeping his mind on the job. When some disastrous accidents keep him from entering college, his parents turn to another solution. Is Magistra Solstra just a teacher, or does she have a sinister plan? Why is her library full of snakes? Why does his fellow student carry a skull around? A story of learning magic and exploring the Wild.
It joins A Walk in the Wild, The Servant’s Story, The Forked Path and The Big Score