DOWN IN HISTORY AND UP IN FLAMESBorn to a family of mages but branded a failure, Alvin Godfrey entered Kimberly Magic Academy unsure of himself. Incapable of properly casting a single spell, he was mocked by his peers. Yet he faced the darkness of Kimberly, made friends, harnessed his immense firepo...

DOWN IN HISTORY AND UP IN FLAMESBorn to a family of mages but branded a failure, Alvin Godfrey entered Kimberly Magic Academy unsure of himself. Incapable of properly casting a single spell, he was mocked by his peers. Yet he faced the darkness of Kimberly, made friends, harnessed his immense firepower--and in time became student body president. Set five years before the events of Reign of the Seven Spellblades, this is a scorching account of how Godfrey earned his famous nickname: Purgatory!