The Wheelwright's Apprentice

Only surviving the massacre at his remote border village due to the awakening of his magic, the apprentice must to find the father he had never met.Although this father, The Count, proves to be the most powerful adept in the country, and its effective ruler, he finds himself back at the bottom of the heap as an apprentice, being manipulated by the ruler who sees him as only one of all too many bastards.He is challenged to survive not only because The Count puts him under enormous pressure to lea