Dreams of becoming a combat mage fuel Ceri Smythe. She wishes to vanquish the creatures that ruined her home, left her father crippled, and killed the rest of her kin.

According to her professors' claims, she and her peers are the most talented bunch their institution has seen in several generations. While most students spend close to a decade achieving half of the four milestones needed to graduate, they've done it in four years. Now, the trials of magehood are approaching, and none of them know what to expect.

Unfortunately, life always doesn't always work out the way one hopes. The trials have a history of reviving forgotten secrets and Capital's nobility are willing to burn the city down for an inch of power.

Will Ceri Smythe achieve her goals or does ruin await her?