More than 100 years before the great Mage War, a land lies, unknowing, within the advantage of catastrophe…Barl is little and impulsive, but she has a power within that phone calls to her. In her city, however, only those of noble blood and with the right connections learn the ways of the arcane. Barl can be eager to learn-but her eagerness to use her power network marketing leads her astray and she actually is banned from ever learning the mystic arts. Morgan holds the key to her education. A member of the Council of Mages, he lives to keep the status quo, preserve the mage bloodlines, and go after his scholarly experiments. But Barl’s power intrigues him-in spite of her low status. Collectively, he realizes they can create extraordinary new incantations. Morgan’s ambition and Barl’s power make a potent combination. What she does not see may be the darkness in him that won’t be rejected. A Blight of Mages may be the new novel occur the world of Karen Miller’s bestselling debut The Innocent Mage.