Hunted by the minions of hell
Betrayed by those meant to protect him
Bound to a dead mage's angry ghost

Rae Kelthannis has lost everything. Now, he'll risk anything to reclaim the world that sought to destroy him.

Rae believed he was special. Trained to command elemental spirits since he was a child, Rae's dreams of becoming a stormbinder like his father are shattered when his family is falsely implicated in a terrible crime, and they're forced to flee to the edge of the world.

Determined to restore his father's honor, Rae secretly tries to bind a rogue air elemental. Instead, he shackles himself to the wraith of a murdered mage, drawing the attention of a demonic cabal and the anger of the justicars of the Iron Council. Now he's on the run, trying to keep his family safe, all while unraveling the mystery that leads to the heart of their fall from grace, and a conspiracy that threatens the foundations of the world itself.