the Way of World Fantasy Novel Paperback (ENGLISH) Timo Whistler

The past shapes our choices, but it does not teach us how to live with them. Raised by the soldier who killed his parents, Cinder has learned to expect little from the world beyond survival. When a chance encounter leads him to the Arcanum, an academy where the rare art of transmutation is studied, he seizes the opportunity to leave his past behind. A quiet, growing sense that he is not only uncovering the academy’s secrets, but that he may also have a role to play in them. As war closes in and the academy begins to fracture, Cinder uncovers a truth its founders buried centuries ago. The discovery awakens a form of transmutation unlike anything the world has ever seen, placing him at the centre of a conflict that reaches far beyond kingdoms or faith. Some believe he is humanity's last hope. Others fear he is the one who will bring about its end. Because the greatest secret hidden within transmutation was never how to change the world. It was why. A character-driven epic fantasy about trauma, friendship, sacrifice, and the terrible cost of knowing the truth.