Steadfast

The new novel in Mercedes Lackeys bestselling series of an alternative Edwardian Britain, where magic is realand Elemental Masters are in control. Lionel Hawkins is a magician whose act is only partially sleight of hand. The rest is real magic. Hes an Elemental Magician with the power to persuade the Elementals of Air to help him create amazing illusions. It doesn't take long before his assistant, acrobat Katie Langford, notices that hes no ordinary magicianand for Lionel to discover that shes no ordinary acrobat, but rather an untrained and unawakened Fire Magician. Shes also on the run from her murderous and vengeful brute of a husband. But can she harness her magic in time to stop her husband from achieving his deadly goal?