Now a student at Wurthaven, Will is confronted with the truth of the present.
At every turn he finds that sorcery is supreme, while wizards are trained merely to assist and support those who hold the real power--a power based on an evil so deep that few living know the t.
The powerful magic embodied by wizards like his grandfather is but a distant memory, while the practice of the current day is timid and uninspired, and yet he needs the knowledge still preserved and managed by the college.
Now a student at Wurthaven, Will is confronted with the truth of the present