Rhonda Parrish

Growing up in The Warren -- gnomish slums in a big, human, city -- Garryn Silversong has one goal. He wants to become a powerful wizard and use that power to rescue himself, his mother and his best friend from the dream-destroying poverty they are forced to exist in. Armed with only a harp, a stolen book about arcane theory, and single-minded determination, Garryn claws his way up from obscurity, becoming a household name. But when unimaginable tragedy comes to The Warren, Garryn discovers there are things that fame and money can not buy.
Will he find a way to protect those who are most important to him or he will spiral down into oblivion, taking them with him?