Sand into Glass

I am going to die here. The rage in my soul has finally defeated my mind and now I’m on trial for a crime I’m not certain I committed. Atalor is a festering pit of a city and it has declared me its most reprehensible victim.My name is Arden Masiona. Yes, those Masionas, the perpetually magical family headed by the immortal Time Child, Bethel Masiona. I am mundane, however. I’m the only non-mage in a family of extraordinary people and they’ve never let me forget it. No... I can’t acknowledge my heritage anymore. I am no longer part of my own family. Rage has rendered me an exile.Time wants to claim me, but I am not hers to claim. I am an apprentice of the Desert, a child of eternity, a prisoner of my own soul. I am the Glassmaker, and Atalor is where my story ends.

Courtney M. Privett is the author of the Malora Octet. After spending her childhood in northeastern Michigan, she graduated from the University of Missouri-Rolla in 2005 with a degree in Ceramic Engineering. In addition to writing fantasy novels in her rare spare time, she is an obsessive crafter, a classical percussionist, a vegan cook, and an auditory-tactile synesthetic narcoleptic. She currently lives in California with her husband, three young children, and two useless cats.