Alistair was never meant for a life of magic, until a secret from his parents’ past resurfaces, and fate marks him with the power of the Arcane Sage. Forced from his quiet life in the north, into a world where mages are hunted, feared, and revered, Alistair soon learns his newfound gift is both rare, and dangerous.

Now twenty-five, trained in elemental magic, and walking a path he doesn’t fully understand, Alistair must choose between the people he loves, and the legacy he was marked to carry. As war looms and dread-mages rise, he must navigate the seductive pull of unchecked power. His greatest enemy may not be the mages who hunt him, but the darkness within himself.

The Fifth Mark is a story about identity and the courage required to embrace one’s own destiny, or defy it.