The Heavenly Mages protected the Zan Empire for centuries...Until they disappeared two thousand years ago.All Zhao Ling wants is to get her father released from debtors prison and make her family whole again.When she's offered a full scholarship to attend the Imperial Academy of Magic, Zhao Ling jumps at the opportunity to turn around her family's fortunes.While training to be an Imperial Mage, Zhao Ling starts hearing a voice. A voice which belongs to the most powerful of the vanished Heavenly Mages. A voice who claims to be the source of magic for her world.A voice, whose miraculous connection to her, gets Zhao Ling caught in a web of conspiracy which threatens to unleash an ancient evil that could tear apart her nation.