That place is The Wandless Academy, where non-magical children go to school. In her eavesdropping Thea knows her parents have plans for her and if these plans with some private lessons don't work, she will be sent to that place next year. Now, there is only one thing left to try and her father will call in a huge favor to try it. They have tried everything they can to help Thea find her magical nitch. She feels she's letting her parents down. She's not able to perform any magical projects. But, there is one thing holding her back.she doesn't have the magical touch, at all. Thea wants to go to the best magical University when she gets older. She's the seventh child of two seventh children, which means she is to be very powerful. Visit her website/blog at or, like her Facebook page at.

She lives in Bellingham, WA, with her husband, two cats, and assorted visiting wildlife. She is currently at work on a new series of alternate history novels with roots in Eastern Europe. Her work has been translated into 14 languages worldwide, including Hebrew,Turkish, and Catalan. Her YA include the four-book Worldweavers series, and 'The Were Chronicles' trilogy. It is a story of how humans meet the stars, and find themselves there. Her latest novels include 'Val Hall', a series about a retirement home for Superheroes, Third Class 'Embers of Heaven' a Jin-shei follow-up 'Empress', a love story and 'Midnight at Spanish Gardens'.Ĭoming in July is 'The Second Star', a novel about the big eternal questions – about who, or what, God is about our own immortal souls and their salvation what it really means to be human and whether it is possible to go out to where the monsters dwell and expect to come home again unchanged. Known as the Duchess of Fantasy, she is also a blogger sharing writing tips, and glimpses of both the mundane and magic of a fantasy author's life. Alma Alexander is a scientist by education, duchess by historical accident, and an author who has written more than a score of novels, including 'The Secrets of Jin-shei', published in dozens of editions and languages around the world.

Gift of the Unmage by Alma Alexander