Author of the Archangel novels Sharon Shinn embarks on a four volume saga with Mystic and Rider. In a land where mystics, magic wielders, are coming under increasing suspicion and mistrust, a cult sworn to rid the land of magic is rising. A band of five, some mystic and some not and uneasy with each other from the start, are send by the King to determine the seriousness of the threat to the Mystics.

(Source: Ace Books)