Set in Stone (The Petralist Book 1)

Impossible choices. Explosive magic. Brilliant humor.
Connor is cursed . . .
And in Obrion, that means he must obtain patronage from a high lord prior to his sixteenth birthday, or face execution.
Connor turns sixteen tomorrow.
Should be a simple thing until his small town is invaded. Armies clash, superhuman Petralists step out of legend, and layers of deadly intrigue shatter Connor's simple life.
If he stays, he dies.
If he leaves, people he loves will die.
Some birthdays are like that.
And there's this girl . . .
Set in Stone launches Connor and his friends into an epic adventure filled with humor, unique magic, and enough twists and turns to braid bacon into a noose.