Mark of the Mage: Scribes of Medeisia Book I

Books never die, but they can be forbidden. Medeisia is a country in turmoil. The king has outlawed magic & learning. Those who practice are branded. 16 yr-old Drastona lives secluded, spending her spare time in the Archives of her father's manor surrounded by scribes. She wants to be one of them. But when the scribes are disbanded, she enters a world where the marked must survive or die.Books never die, but they can be forbidden. Medeisia is a country in turmoil ruled by a blood thirsty king who has outlawed the use of magic and anything pertaining to knowledge. Magery and scribery are forbidden. All who practice are marked with a tattoo branded onto their wrists, their futures precarious. Sixteen year-old Drastona Consta-Mayria lives secluded, spending her spare time in the Archives of her father's manor surrounded by scribes. She wants nothing more than to become one of them, but when the scribes are royally disbanded, she is thrust into a harsh world where the marked must survive or die.