Shawn P. Cormier

Young Ilien knows nothing of the dark tales told around late-night fires of the legendary Nomadin wizards and the prophesy that haunts them. But all that is soon to change. A shadow touches his peaceful land of Nadae. An ancient evil is stirring.

To save everything he loves, he must destroy the one thing that can never be destroyed. Ilien Woodhill isn't exactly sure what that means. And now that his only two friends are missing, he's even more clueless than ever. He's out of time, out of allies, and running dangerously low on good ideas.

His only friend was a sarcastic, talking pencil. Now it’s unusually quiet… and that’s worrying him.Ilien Woodhill would love to forget everything he’s learned and go back to his old, boring life. But trouble just won’t leave him alone.

They gave him a pencil. It gave him nothing but trouble. Ilien Woodhill's enchanted pencil has a big mouth, a bad attitude, and zero respect for authority. One minute it's insulting the school bully.