Before the legends, there was a boy called Mags.
At thirteen, Mags knows only toil and survival in the brutal gem mines—until a mysterious white horse appears and Chooses him as a Herald. Whisked away to Haven, Mags is thrown into a life he never imagined, one of magic, training, and the weight of destiny.
But as he adjusts to the Heralds’ world, change is coming. A Collegium is being founded, a new system that will shape generations to come. And Mags, the boy from nowhere, is at the heart of it.
Foundation begins a bold new era in Valdemar’s history, chronicling the origins of its most iconic institution and the rise of a Herald whose courage could shape the future of the realm.