Publisher's Synopsis
Ages ago there existed five Assauds, god-like beings with the power to control all elemental magic of Dore. Now only four remain. Cast out for abominable crimes, Zurigan's ethereal body was split into pieces and sent to the physical realm. These fragments forever search for one another, infecting innocents with their corrupt magic, forcing them into eventual madness and solitude as their victims hide the truth of their tainted magic from society. One such victim is Caroline, noble daughter of the king of Ryas. Although she no longer remembers the circumstance that led to her tainting, she has been able to suppress the corrupted magic. But when Machiavellian schemes force her to utilize the magic to save her own life, it erupts beyond her control, threatening to consume her with its madness and expose her to the family that would execute her for the curse she endures. As her kingdom hovers on the brink of war, chaos is not only found in the victims of Zurigan. Where politics and love collide, only one person may stand at the crossroad of Ryas's future, and she is the one who can least be trusted. ZURIGAN'S CHILD is the first installment in the epic fantasy series -The Assaudian War-.
