Scant months after he comes of age, Judian Lebannen sets sail across the wide ocean, his dreams haunted by dark-robed shadows drifting over the waves in his wake . . .The voyage seems his one chance to escape vindictive mages, though it means fleeing home and the only life he knows. The ship is barely beyond Merced's coastal waters when he faces the truth of their relentless pursuit. Trapped aboard a vessel swept inexorably into hazard, he struggles...