num_pages: 483
description: The mage-marked granddaughter of a ruler of Vaskandar Ryx was destined for power and prestige at the top of Vaskandran society. But her magic is broken; all she can do is uncontrollably drain the life from everything she touches and Vaskandar has no place for a mage with unusable powers.Then one night two terrible accidents befall her: Ryx accidentally kills a visiting dignitary in self-defense activating a mysterious magical artifact sealed in an ancient tower in the heart of her familys castle.Ryx flees seeking a solution to her deadly magic. She falls in with a group of unlikely magical experts investigating the disturbance in Vaskandarand Ryx realizes that her family is in danger and her domain is at stake. She and her new colleagues must return to the family stronghold to take control of the artifact that everyone wants to claimbefore it destroys the world.
language: English
title: The Obsidian Tower
publisher: Orbit