"How can you call what I have--what I did--a gift?" "There's a reason for your power. You'll never fully control your magic until you embrace it." Cold fear gripped her stomach. "I know you're scared. But I trust you." Raised in solitude to protect her from the world--or is it the other way around?--Iris is fated to save Peruvia from a power-hungry priest. A spirit from the afterworld sends a legendary magician who teaches...