Book excerpt: Jamison’s wife is dead, and everyone thinks he had something to do with it. Now, the once-powerful wizard lives in exile, but those are the breaks when your former father-in-law is the type of guy who can arrange to wreck your whole life. Lorica is running away from home before she can be conscripted into military service. Nothing’s been the same since her mom died, but her family doesn’t seem to care about that. They can’t wait for her to disappear, because maybe whatever is haunting their house will stop once and for all. When outside forces throw Jamison and Lorica together, the pair are joined by loyal friends and embark on a wild misadventure searching for Revelin’s Gate, a giant crystal rumored to grant wishes. But mutual enemies want nothing more than to make sure Jamison and Lorica’s plans end in failure…or death.