"Sacred Scars" is the second volume in a powerful young adult fantasy trilogy, following multiple interwoven storylines across generations. It delves into themes of power, freedom, and resistance as characters struggle against a tyrannical figure who hoards magic. Readers will encounter a brutal academy setting where students endure painful ordeals, alongside a parallel narrative of earlier characters attempting to preserve magic for humankind. This 560-page novel is suitable for mature young adult readers aged 12-18, offering a complex plot and intense emotional themes. Parents should be aware of the depictions of brutality and peril within the academy setting.
In the second volume of this powerful trilogy, Somiss, exiled and desperate, hoards the magic he is recovering from ancient documents while Sadima and Franklin struggle to contain his egomaniacal ambitions by secretly recording the magic, hoping to share it with humankind. Generations later, Hahp and Gerrard, students at Somiss’s brutal academy, endure the painful ordeals used to “teach” magic. Their tenuous pact, forged to survive, falters as they plot to destry Somiss, the school . . . and set magic free.