About the book: year / Exile, non-wizard, deprived - this is the name of those who were born without the ability to perform magic. In Teo, everyone has a magical gift from birth, and those born without the gift are banished to the Mainland. Fifteen-year-old Gabriel is one of the “lucky ones.” At the age of sixteen, he faces exile. Gabriel’s father is mortally ill, and Gabriel dreams of healing him. Gabriel escapes to a dangerous place - a tower of black magic, because only there a non-wizard is given a chance to gain powers. But what is their price??..