The Mages of Starsea (The Starsea Cycle, Book 1)

He has powers that could save the universe. Or drive him mad.

Lucian Abrantes dreams of escaping the cesspool of Earth. But that dream turns into a nightmare when he is identified as a mage—one of the rare few capable of wielding the Aspects of Magic.

The discovery of interstellar gates opened the stars to humanity, but it also unleashed the Aspects: elemental powers that allow mages to command the raw forces of nature.

Yet these powers come at a deadly price—a rotting madness known as the Fraying, which drives mages into violent rampages. Now exiled to a distant academy and hunted by his own kind, Lucian discovers a terrifying truth: he isn’t just a fugitive.

He may be the Chosen of the Manifold. Tied to an ancient Alkasen prophecy, he is the only one who can heal the source of magic itself... if he can survive long enough to use it.