Anthony E. Southby

Daniel has spent seventeen years being overlooked. Born with a limp, bullied at school, and burdened by a troubled home, he expects little from the world-yet he never turns away when someone needs him. Then the animals begin to watch. A grey wolf. A soaring eagle. A silent owl. Each appears when Daniel chooses courage over fear, leading him toward an inheritance stranger and more dangerous than he could imagine: a silver thimble alive with brilliant blue power.
Every kindness strengthens its magic. Every selfish choice feeds its darkness. Now Daniel must uncover the secret of the Magic One-and decide what kind of person he is willing to become before the power chooses for him.