The Archmage's Second War

Three years ago, Kestra was the Archmage of the Spire of the Verdant Ridge—a legend who commanded power beyond the world's ordinary sorcery, until the Ash Ruin War left her disciples dead and her own strength a curse she could no longer control. Now she lives quietly in Herda Village, teaching farm children their letters, hiding her past beneath a farmer's shirt and a practiced smile. But peace built on suppression cannot last forever. When her forbidden power flares without warning, shatterin