After twenty years in exile, Earth Adept Simon is going home - to Athanor, the burning city built on a volcano, city of magic and alchemy, angels and demons. Four powerful families rule the city. Once Simon was one of them, but now he and his children are just another poor family trying to survive. As a hard winter brings poverty and famine, Athanor teems with refugees seeking a better life. Monsters stalk the streets. Simmering tensions boil over into violence. Long-buried secrets ignite a ruthless struggle for power. The city is primed to explode. But the greatest danger may be the one Simon and his family carry with them: Power beyond human understanding or control, Power to destroy the city - or the world

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