never steal from wizard! Con should have dropped dead the day he picked and every pocket and stole the wizard's locus magicalicus, a stone used to focus magic and work spells. but for some reason he did not. astonished and intrigued, never agrees to take con on as his apprentice, on the condition that the boy finds a locust stone of his own within a month. but with his wizard lessons and helping never discover who, or what, is stealing, the city of wellness, magic time is running out for car to find his stone. in her sleeping debut novel, Sarah prenius has imagined a richly detailed magical world like no other you've encountered before. she transports us to a city, run on living magic, and draws us any reasonably into the adventures of an unpredictable wizard and a clever young hero who is able as at picking locks as he is at learning magic.