Searing Skies, Stolen Flames

Saving his home means mastering his power. 

Having saved the village from the Korthal attack, Laric Mason faces a new reality where there are now expectations of him. As he trains with the mage Talia, he discovers that the lessons he learned from his grandmother prepared him for advanced magic in a way his school never did. But his grandmother hid other secrets, and Laric is not the only one after them.

With a rogue mage posing an ongoing threat, he and his friends must train to use the power he never wanted, but it's a power that might now be necessary. Threats of dragon attacks force them to work faster than would be safe. Daelon is not done with his village, nor is he done with vengeance—and he blames Laric for his defeat.

Stopping him requires Laric to find a potential he never imagined and from a source he never thought possible. To stop a mage, he might need a dragon.