The Madness Project by J. Leigh Bralick

The day of his seventeenth birthday, Prince Tarik’s world turns upside down. An assassination attempt on his father’s life leaves his country reeling, and everything points to a society of mages buried deep in Brinmark’s sordid south streets. The mages, feared and hated for a century, suddenly find that they have become a target.

The only problem is, Tarik is also a mage, a secret he has kept since he was five years old. No mage would ever be allowed on the throne, and if the world discovered Tarik’s secret, his crown would not be the only thing in peril.

But Tarik’s unique magical ability makes him the only person in the royal court capable of discovering the truth behind the attack. Sent in disguise to the south streets, Tarik quickly discovers that the truth is not always what you expect to hear, friendship grows where you least expect…and some secrets are better left buried.

Category: Fantasy – Coming of Age

Everything Tarik and Hayli have worked so hard to achieve stands in the balance. With his country hovering on the brink of a world war, Tarik must decide where his alliances stand, and how far he will go to protect the rights of the mages whom society seems bent on destroying.

But nothing is easy with Hayli struggling to keep her sanity, and Tarik slowly coming to realize just how tenuous his own grip on reality really is. His control over his magic is slipping. And just when he thought he understood the battle he was facing within the royal court, he uncovers a political plot that gives the lie to everything he had believed to be true.

As the conflict escalates and innocent people’s lives come in jeopardy, Tarik must decide, once and for all, where his loyalties truly lie.