Grandmaster

The Empire is in ruins. Old certainties are collapsing everywhere. The provinces are becoming kingdoms, the magical aristocracy is trying to redefine its place in the new world disorder, the commoners are being ground under, and bold or desperate men are preparing their bids for apotheosis or nemesis. The world teeters on the brink… and Whitehall School is caught in the middle, a pawn of greater powers. For common-born magicians Alan and Irene, scorned and despised by their aristocratic peers, the challenge is to keep their heads down long enough to graduate and go out into the world as qualified magicians. For Walter, Heir to House Ashworth, the challenge is to take advantage of the chaos to build an unassailable position and put himself in firm control. For Hasdrubal, Charmsmaster of Whitehall, the challenge is to protect the school from outside powers seeking to subvert or destroy it… And they will all be swept up in a desperate battle to save Whitehall, because the school is now the centre of a plot to remake the world once and for all.