K.E. Mills meets Scott Lynch in this action-packed fantasy debut. In a world where everything has a soul, and magic is as much about fast talking as raw power, Eli Monpress is a wizard with an uncanny knack for getting inanimate objects to do what he wants. he's about to pull off his biggest heist yet: stealing the king of Mellinor, a country whose laws have forbidden magic since its founding. Meanwhile, wizardess Miranda Lyonet sets out to catch Eli before he can ransom the king.