It has been sixteen years since the attack on Kag let a city burn, and short of having to rebuild, not much has changed.  Jan can’t remember a time when he wasn’t Consul to the Archmage. His extraordinary talent landed him a life of luxury, raised by one of the most powerful mages ever to grace their shattered world. Jan lazes through work as both an academic and a scribe. Yet when mischief lands him in a hangman’s cell, he finds a name carved into the stone wall and a link to the trut...