Prologue

Kira's magic doesn't work right. Healing should be a wonderful gift, something she could use to help people live longer and healthier lives. Instead, she takes her patients' maladies into herself, so her magic is almost worthless. It's no wonder, then, that she jumps at the chance for a trip to Mystern, the great sorcerer civilization her family hails from. Surely, someone there can help her, right? And if that means confronting the growing threat of a deadly magical pandemic sweeping through the city, that's a trade Kira is willing to make.