Street Magic

Briar Moss has been training as a plant wizard for four years, but he still doesn't feel like he's moved over his past. Briar discovers a street girl polishing stones for a trader while perusing a Chammuri market. The girl is using strong magic. He decides to locate a teacher for her. However, Briar is as familiar with the city's gangs as he is with the teenage magician Evvy. Briar learns that the most vicious gang in Chammur is looking for a stone magician to help them find buried jewels when gang fighting breaks out. Although Briar used to think that gangs provided safety, he and his magician could now be the only ones Evvy can rely on for security. As Briar finds himself enmeshed in a violent struggle, he must choose whether he is prepared to give up his previous lifestyle as a "street rat."