The Origins of Magic

By Jillian Ashley

Ripped from the luxury of a noble upbringing, nine year old Azaelia is abandoned to a haunted forest by the very brother that raised her, betraying her to the mercy of a dark entity. Here she is left alone to fight for her life, preserved only by her sheer grit and budding magical powers. Nearly a decade later, this cursed child finds herself miraculously alive.

By a stroke of fate, in the form of a small kidnapped babe, Azaelia's relatively routine survival is upended and she finds herself infiltrating the battlements of a castle far beyond the reaches of her whispering woods to return him. This catalyzes a series of unexpected events that leads to her guiding the kingdom's elite special forces through her bloodthirsty forest. Their purpose: to dismantle a murderous cult that threatens their very existence. To her horror, this small team is led, not only by an out of touch crown prince, but the very man she once called brother--a man who is as equally as shocked to see her.

Azaelia is forced to navigate through territories of lustful nymphs, vengeful sekars, and uncharted forces of evil, as well as her own upheaval of emotional turmoil and threatened perceptions of reality. Despite her best efforts, not everyone will make it to the end of this adventure in one piece.

• Format: Paperback
• Language: English
• ISBN: B0C2S71F55
• ISBN13: 9798392038923
• Release Date: May 2023
• Publisher: Independently Published
• Length: 206 Pages
• Weight: 0.62 lbs.
• Dimensions: 0.5" x 6.0" x 9.0"