"One by one the five arts of magic cease to work, starting with sorcery. Jemidon is a student struggling from one art to the next and failing at each. He finally works out what has been happening, magic hasn't dissapeared - the mysterious Melizar has been altering the arts so that he is the only one who controls them... " Rachael Grew, Resident Scholar "In a world where magic is as common as water, and students of the fuve arts practice hard, one person, Jemidon keeps failing. Then when the five arts of magic cease to work, he alone works out what has been happening, Melizar has been altering the arts so that he is the only one who controls them. Now Jemidon must work out how each magic works in time to stop him from altering them once again.."
