Forest Mage

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The second book in the brand new trilogy from the author of the Tawny Man trilogy following on from the bestselling Shaman's Crossing. The King's Cavalla Academy has been ravaged by the Speck plague. The disease has decimated the ranks of both cadets & instructors & even the survivors remain sickly. Many have been forced to relinquish their military ambitions & return to their families to face lives of dependency & disappointment. As the Academy infirmary empties Cadet Nevare Burvelle also prepares to journey home to attend his brother Rosse's wedding. Far from being a broken man Nevare is hale & hearty after his convalescence. He has defeated his nemesis Tree Woman & freed himself of the Speck magic that infected him & attempted to turn him against his own people. A bright future awaits him as a commissioned officer betrothed to a beautiful young noblewoman. Yet his nights are still haunted by dreams of the voluptuous Tree Woman dreams in which his Speck self betrays everything he holds dear in his waking life. Has the plague infected him in ways far more mysterious than the merely physical? Despite his fears Nevare will journey back to Widevale in high spirits in full expectation of a jubilant homecoming & a tender reunion with his beautiful fiancee Carsina. But his life is about to take a shocking turn as the magic in his blood roars to life & forces him to recognize that his most dangerous enemy an enemy that seeks to destroy all he loves might dwell within him.