Author J.J. Green brings us the first adventure for mercenary and mage Carina Lin. Carina has been a mage all her short life and a mercenary since her grandmother passed away. Now her team the Black Dogs are sent to retrieve a kidnapped boy who is being held by one of the most ruthless families in all of space. Carina knows that the boy is on the planet that the Duchess is orbiting but she has to cast in order to find him but this only happens after their first failed attempt to do so. Along the way we learn that Mages where exiled from humanities home but they don't know which star to look for. This is a great introduction to the Star Mage series and I look forward reading the next book. I highly recommend this book to all science fantasy fans.