The funeral party don't want them there, and Isobel apologizes, but they won't hear it. The next day, Isobel is at a graveyard with her family, waiting for the chance to collect magick from the recently buried. She and Alistair each cast a curse on one another, leaving equal impressions. There, Alistair is intercepted by Isobel Macaslan, another Champion. We learn that, though nothing is set in stone, Alistair is the projected Champion for the Lowe family, and that they have won "two tournaments for every three" (4). And most important, it gave them a choice: accept their fate or rewrite their legacy.Įither way, this is a story that must be penned in blood.Īfter twenty years, the blood moon has risen again, signaling two weeks until the Tournament.Īlistair Lowe and his brother, Hendry Lowe, visit the Magpie, a pub in Ilvernath. The book also granted them valuable insight previous champions never had - insight into the other families' strategies, secrets, and weaknesses. The prize? Exclusive control over a secret wellspring of high magick, the most powerful resource in the world-one thought long depleted.īut this year a salacious tell-all book has exposed the tournament and thrust the seven new champions into the worldwide spotlight. The Tournament begins.Įvery generation, at the coming of the Blood Moon, seven families in the remote city of Ilvernath each name a champion to compete in a tournament to the death.
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