The Tower on the Rift
The Tower on the Rift is the second novel in The View from the Mirror quartet, by Ian Irvine.War rages across Santhenar as its powerful forces pursue the Mirror of Aachan. A desperate Tensor, leader of the Aachim people, flees with it into the wilderness, taking the brilliant young chronicler Llian with him. Only Karan, sensitive and with a trouble heritage, can save Llian, though she's not sure that she can even help herself.