Sigilbound

Twelve-year-old Lirit Ghan has nothing but a rare gift—the power to bend gravity itself. When she's inducted into the legendary Crucible, the desert nation of Kherath's most elite battle-mage academy, she believes she's found a home. But beneath the glory of its charismatic dean and his celebrated Vanguard program lies a secret forged in blood magic and blind obedience. Now Lirit must decide what she's willing to break—including herself—to set the truth free.