Nevare Burvelle was destined from birth to be a soldier The second son of a newly anointed noble at the elite King&39;s Cavalla Academy--and survive the hatred, cruelty, and derision of his aristocratic classn of territorial expansion The life chosen for hiht with hardship, for hefolk ill not sub&39;s tyranny And they possess an ancientdiscounted--a powerful sorcery that threatens to claim Nevare Burvelle&39;s soul and devastate his world once the Dark Evening brings the carnival to Old Thares