Light Mage

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***Light Mage*** is a prequel to *The Black Witch* and is part of The Black Witch Chronicles by Laurie Forest. It is also part of *The Rebel Mages*.

## Synopsis

Journey to the magical world of Erthia in this exciting full-length prequel to *The Black Witch* by critically acclaimed author Laurie Forest.

Before Elloren Gardner came to possess the Wand of Myth, the Wand was drawn to another bearer: Sagellyn Gaffney.

Sage’s affinity for light magery, a rare skill among Gardnerians, makes her the perfect protector for the one tool that can combat the shadows spreading across Erthia. But in order to keep the Wand safe from the demonic forces hunting for it, Sage must abandon everything she once knew and forge a new path for herself… a dangerous course that could lead to either triumph or utter ruin.

## Plot

Sage is one of the bearers of the White Wand, having received it from a girl named Gwynnifer, who was lured into stealing it from the mage armory, seemingly by the wand itself. The Wand instructs her that it is to be transferred to Sage and eventually she in turn transfers the Wand, at great personal risk but with the reward of rescuing her beloved sisters, to Elloren Gardner.

Sage, who hails from Halfix, is Gardnerian just like Elloren. She is one of the rare young women to defy Gardnerian religious and cultural norms. She is wandfasted at age thirteen to a brutish young man. By the time she sees him again at age eighteen, when she attends Verpax University, she finds that he is enamored with another girl and is rough and angry in his manner with her. Sage runs away from him and her family after he and her parents beat her for her defiance. Hidden by an unusual family that runs a smithy, Sage builds an interesting new life for herself. She violates her fasting vows at great personal cost and gives birth to an Icaral child who may or may not be the famed Icaral of Prophecy as far as the Gardnerians and the rest of the peoples of Erthia know. Sage is a strong character and a rare Light Mage with interesting powers.

### Part One: Six years ago...

1. Wandfasting
2. Valgard
3. Tobias
4. The Wand of Power
5. Wand Lore
6. Council Envoys
7. Escape
8. The Wand

### Part Two: Present Day

1. University
2. Rivyr'el Talonir
3. Fastmate
4. Abyss
5. Search Spell
6. Za'ya
7. Smaragdalfar
8. Zalyn'or
9. Rune-Blade
10. Secrets
11. Forest Lair
12. Alfsigr
13. Light Mage
14. Wards
15. Unwarded
16. Ra'Ven
17. Lines
18. Fire
19. Vu Trin
20. Prophecy
21. Freedom
22. The Watchers
23. Escape
24. Elloren Gardner

## Characters

* Sage Gaffney
* Sang Loi
* Chi Nam
* Fyn'ir Za'Nor
* Warren Gaffney
* Eliss Gaffney
* Retta Gaffney
* Clover Gaffney
* Tobias Vassilis
* Ra'Ven Za'Nor
* Gwynnifer Croft
* Mage Croft
* Draven Peltin
* Granthyn Emory
* Geoffrey Sykes
* Stylla Gosslinn
* Brin Paskal
* Edyth Gyll
* Korrin Gyll
* Zeymir Nyvor
* Za'yalor Nyvor
* Na'bee Nyvor
* Rivyr'el Talonir
* Yllyndor Talonir
* Kryl'lin
* Wyla
* Mordin
* Kol
* Nil'ya
* To'yir
* Jules Kristian
* Fyon Hawkkyn
* Kam Vin
* Ni Vin
* Tu Jyn
* Kon Yi

## Trivia

* The story is told from Sage Gaffney's point of view.