Book #1

For hundreds of years, high-born nobles have competed for the chance to learn of the Myst. Powerful, revered, and reclusive, Mystics have the ability to summon and manipulate the Myst: the underlying energy that lives at the heart of the universe. Once in a while, they take an apprentice, always from the most privileged sects of society. Such has always been the tradition-until a new High Mystic takes her seat and chooses Pomella AnDone, a low-born teenager, as a candidate. Commoners have never been welcomed among the select few given the opportunity to rise beyond even the highest nobility. So when Pomella chooses to accept the summons and journey to Kelt Apar, she knows that she will have more to contend with than the competition for the apprenticeship. Breaking both law and tradition, Pomella undergoes three trials against the other candidates to prove her worthiness. As the trials unfold, Pomella navigates a deadly world of intolerance, unaware that conspirators intend to make her suffer for having the audacity to seek the secrets of the Myst.