Cascada is your average fifteen-year-old living in the poor province of Shilinger on the island of Eleskar, a land surrounded by a never-ending abyss.  Cascada and her family struggle to make a living through farming, but the task is hampered by something that Cascada cannot change.

For Cascada can use magic.

However, because of the oppressive theocracy that controls Eleskar, magic is expressly forbidden, and using it entails death.  But after Cascada accidentally discovers her abilities d ... more »

Cascada is your average fifteen-year-old living in the poor province of Shilinger on the island of Eleskar, a land surrounded by a never-ending abyss.  Cascada and her family struggle to make a living through farming, but the task is hampered by something that Cascada cannot change.

For Cascada can use magic.

However, because of the oppressive theocracy that controls Eleskar, magic is expressly forbidden, and using it entails death.  But after Cascada accidentally discovers her abilities during an attempted mugging, she begins to realize that all is not as it seems on Eleskar...and everything she thought she knew just might be a lie.  Less