The Path From Regret - by J G Gardner (Paperback)

About the Book

Thorne is a Paragon, a mage able to wield his life energy as a weapon. However, despite knowing powerful magic, he has grown despondent in middle age from continually fighting a losing battle against his inner demons.

Book Synopsis

Thorne is a Paragon, a mage with the rare ability to wield his mana as a weapon.

Despite knowing powerful magic, he lives a life of despair, continually fighting a losing battle against his inner demons and the specters of the people whose lives he could not save. Finally reaching his breaking point, Thorne decides to seek out an old lover, Celeste, who has the power to erase memories.

After a disastrous attempt to find Celeste destroys part of the mages' guild, Thorne tries to make amends by volunteering to find an influential mage that has disappeared. During his investigation Thorne discovers that the missing mage was the victim of a conspiracy led by Reihana, a former Paragon and bitter rival.

Recruiting unlikely allies including a disgraced cavalier, a farmer turned mercenary, and a corsair captain who lost his ship, Thorne chases after Reihana in an attempt to stop her plans for sowing the seeds of rebellion and war across the continent. Along the way Thorne will need to continue his search for Celeste, and perhaps more importantly, decide if wiping his mind clean of past mistakes is really his only option.