The Kindling - Volume One

Movement One in The Starlight Symphony series

Many people in this world achieve their Kindling by the time they are sixteen. It is an astonishing phenomenon where a human conjures magic for the very first time in their lives.

But there are those who struggle, people who are late to their Kindling. People like Marcus, who has only just turned nineteen.

In a vast world of magic, grand cities, airships, ancient ruins, and stunning creatures in places beyond imagination, the determined can become illustrious sorcerers. Marcus and his sister Theresa feel quite left behind.

Living in a rustic cabin, tucked neatly within the dense forests of the frigid realm of Fjallheim, Marcus wishes greatly to become a student at the Amberforth Arcane Academy in the neighbouring realm of North Hjarta.

His timid, over-protective sister, Theresa, thinks otherwise.

But when Ronin, a mercenary turned outlaw, quite literally bumps into them while on the run, the three must reluctantly work together to save the realm of North Hjarta from annihilation.

But Ronin begins to suspect that there's more to Marcus than what is seen on the surface. Can a secret really be kept forever?

In the first instalment of the Starlight Symphony Saga, Marcus takes the first steps to become a legendary Valkyrie Field Agent just like his father.

But can he toss aside his fears, conquer himself and rise to the occasion to finally be a hero?

Or will the entire land, and those he loves, suffer the consequences of his juvenile actions?