<p><b>''</b><b>I couldn''t put it down'' </b>Genevieve Cogman, author of<i> The Invisible Library</i><br><br>In the Raverran Empire, magic is scarce and those born with power are strictly controlled - taken as children and conscripted into the Falcon Army. <br><br>Zaira has lived her life on the streets to avoid this fate, hiding her mage-mark and thieving to survive. But hers is a rare and dangerous magic, one that could threaten the entire empire.<br><br>Lady Amalia Cornaro was never meant to be a Falconer. Heiress and scholar, she was born into a treacherous world of political machinations. But fate has bound the heir and the mage. And as war looms on the horizon, a single spark could turn their city into a pyre.<br><br><b>SET IN A RICH WORLD OF POLITICAL INTRIGUE AND DANGEROUS MAGIC, <i>THE TETHERED MAGE</i> IS A SPELLBINDING DEBUT FROM A MAJOR NEW TALENT.</b><br><br><b>''An enchanting voice and an original world you won''t want to leave'' </b>RJ Barker, author of <i>The Bone Ships