The Sky That Broke the Hills

Feldregor “Slaga” Boyden is a mim, a military indentured man, bound to toil for years in Fort Lyster, a backwater army post in northern Stheara. Seventeen years before, King Alastair Bracey unleashed a brutal purge of magic, effectively erasing magic and its practitioners from the land. By accident, and much to his dismay, Slaga learns that he was born with a rare condition called sharna macha, in which contact with magic causes violent illness, though it also offers protection from violent magical attacks. After narrowly surviving a wizard storm at the fort, Slaga escapes into the wilds in search of Bill Skye, the legendary Master Witch Warden of Stheara. He alone can train Slaga to tame the sharna macha and turn it to his advantage. But the road is not a straight one. Slaga and his friends encounter ruthless bandits, dodge cavalry, bounty hunters and more, all while Slaga learns what he can do to magic and what magic can do to him.