Army of Mages

About the book

The flower has bloomed. Now it’s time to fight.

The fire mages aren’t hiding anymore.

Burned homes. Missing people. A kingdom on the edge of war. Elice has faced down nightmares and uncovered secrets that shook her world—but nothing could have prepared her for this. Tasked with building her own battalion of mages, she sets out across the kingdom to recruit anyone willing to fight.

She thought wrangling Andre and James’s endless arguing was the hardest part of leadership. Then a fireball nearly took her face off, and she reconsidered.

When the fire mages strike in broad daylight, everything falls apart. Her team is forced to scatter—and James is left behind in Talin. Now Elice is on the run in the middle of the desert with Andre and Vic, who seem to be growing a lot closer than strictly necessary, and a mission that can’t afford to fail.

But the farther she runs, the harder it becomes to leave James behind. Abandoning him feels like a betrayal. Going back could cost her everything she’s fought for.

War doesn’t wait for the heart to make up its mind.

Army of Mages is the final book of Elice, the Great, a young adult fantasy series that retells the classic fairytale Rapunzel, with slow-burn romance, diverse characters, and themes of coming-of-age, self-discovery, and identity.