M. Zaugg

Ancient ruins and forbidden treasures. Cunning enemies and close knit allies. One student team on an expedition facing numberless hordes. Pax, the audacious street rat turned mage, leads his eclectic crew into the heart of the Northern Purge—a wilderness expedition teeming with monsters and...

Pax, a cunning street rat without a class, navigates life in a city constantly threatened by monstrous beast waves....

In a world exploding in civil war, victory demands more than just skill—it requires magic, ancient magic. Pax and his friends are trapped in a deadly game, posing as empire loyalists in a double life secretly supporting the rebellion. Under the scrutiny of the empire’s elite, they collect...

An audacious street rat, Pax scrambles to develop powerful and forbidden magic before his enemies can capture and ruin him. A monstrous beast, capable of shattering the city's defenses, is coming. Panic ensues, and the capital mobilizes for war, pushing Pax's strategic abilities to their limits....

A city to defend. An empire to topple. And a street kid with impossible magic.

Reunited with his brother and his old crew, Pax finally has a home base, the lost headquarters of the ancient light mages. But it’s a shattered relic, barely functioning after generations of neglect.