Read by Richard Aspel. Unabridged. 15 hours 45 minutes on 1 audio MP3 CD. Note: MP3 CDs can only be played from an MP3-campatible sound system.

First in the internationally popular Black Magician Trilogy, full of wonderful characters, intrigue, deceitful warlocks, secret catacombs and uncontrollable magic.

Caught up in a confrontation between the hated Guild magicians and the angry youth of the slums, to her dismay Sonea discovers that she possesses the same powers as the reviled magicians. To avoid capture, she must seek protection from the city's feared underworld, The Thieves. In return she must use her powers for them, but her magic never seems to do quite what she intends it to…