Chronicles of the Necromancer

Martris Drayke, second son of King Bricen of Margolan, never coveted the crown. But when his older half-brother Jared and Jared’s dark mage kill the king and the rest of the royal family, seizing the throne, Tris’s comfortable world shatters and he finds himself running for his life.

Tris kept his summoning magic a secret, the rare talent to intercede between the living and the dead, command spirits, and influence the undead. Now, Margolan’s last hopes rest on Tris’s spirit magic, and if he wins back the crown, the fate of the Winter Kingdoms will be determined by an untested boy-king’s ability to stand against traitors within and fearsome enemies from outside.

Can a half-trained mage-prince and his unlikely allies rise to the challenge—or will Tris’s wild power destroy him before he has the chance to set things right?