Rules of Ascension by David B. Coe

Fantastic.
Absolutely fantastic. The whole concept is amazing. Two races of people living in a country together. One, the human class, hold most of the power and rules the land. The other, a magical race whose every magic act shortens their own life, tries to conquer the country, fails, and now finds itself holding positions of authority as advisors to upper class humans all over. This sets the stage for some very interesting race relations as well as a huge threat of social upheaval.

Written spectacularly, this is a GREAT novel. Quite likely one of the best new fantasy novels I've read lately. Pick it up. $6.99 Canadian at Coles/Indigo/Chapters.

I'm going away for the long weekend, back middle of next week. I just started reading Wizards First Rule so I'll have a review when I get back, I'm sure. After that I'll be reading Scepters. Looks to be a book-filled summer!!