Wit'ch Storm: James Clemens

Book II of The Banned And The Banished. Five centuries after the destruction of the Mages of Alasea, Elena, a young girl, inherits the powers that the Mages had so carefully hidden from their terrible enemy. Elena bears the mark of the wit'ch upon her pal, a crimson stain that belies the wild power it may yield. Only a mistress of blood magick can stand against the Dark Lord - but Elena is not yet mistress of her magick. To discover the key to the Dark Lord's defeat, Elena must travel to Aloa Glen - a perilous journey; for if the Dark Lord discovers her first, she will become his most fearsome weapon.