Callie Bates’s debut novel, The Waking Property, announced the arrival of a brilliant new skill in epic illusion. Now, using the Memory of Fireplace, Bates expertly deepens her tale, spinning glittering threads of magic and intrigue into a lively tapestry of experience, betrayal, mystery, and romance.

Because of the magic of Elanna Valtai and the Paladisan noble Jahan Korakides, the lands once controlled with the empire of Paladis possess won their self-reliance. But mainly because Elanna exhausts her powers about The Storage of Fire repairing the ravaged property, news which the emperor is certainly readying an invasion spurs Jahan on the desperate mission to determine peace.

Going back to Paladis shows to become anything but tranquil, nevertheless. As magic is normally a criminal offense in the empire, punishable by loss of life, Jahan must hide his abilities. non-etheless, the grand inquisitor’s hunters suspect him of sorcery, and strange, urgent messages from the witch who secretly qualified Jahan only boost his danger of exposure. Worst of most, the crown prince has turned his back on Jahan, robbing him from the royal protection he once enjoyed.

As term of Jahan’s return spreads, long-sheathed knives, sharp and fatal, are drawn again. And when Elanna, stripped of her magic, is certainly brought to the capital in chains, Jahan must face down the traumas of his past to defeat the shadowy foes threatening his accurate love’s existence, and the continuing future of the trend itself.

Don’t miss any of Callie Bates’s marvelous Waking Land trilogy:

THE WAKING LAND • THE Storage OF Fireplace • THE SOUL OF POWER

Praise for The Memory space of Fire

“Gripping . [this] brilliant first-person, present-tense narrative [produces] an amazingly mature, well balanced addition to the story that avoids the most common imperfections of middle books and will leave readers hungry for the conclusion.”-Publishers Weekly (starred review)

“[Callie] Bates will an excellent work of delving into Jahan’s past and displaying his development. . . . The relatable heroes and riveting adventure make this illusion world very available for those.”-Booklist

“The Memory space of Fire can be a beautiful expansion of a encouraging story that delivers something wealthy and captivating. . . . Placing it down is likely to be the biggest problem visitors will encounter.”-Books, Vertigo & Tea