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Civil war looms, defeated foes plot revenge, and an ancient deity schemes to extinguish all life. In this land where magic has faded into legend, the son of a street sweeper may hold the key to the fate of the realm.. The last in line of a disgraced family, Whym accepts an apprenticeship with a master seeker his parents fear and revile. He soon finds himself entangled in a web of treachery and on a perilous journey to locate a creature of myth and magic.. Meanwhile, Quint, the privileged son of a powerful religious leader, abandons his faith and family to join the fight against a corrupt council. As the adviser to a remote tribe in the Fringe, Quint must find within himself the wisdom and fortitude to save the Dragonborn from an invading army - and their own leaders.. Told in alternating perspectives against a backdrop of heightening civil unrest, Birthrights is a fantasy of magic, power, corruption, and coming of age - and the beginning of a saga certain to captivate epic fantasy fans.