Used – The Last Breath, Volume 1: The Gift, Fiona McIntosh

"Typically the kind of read that makes you say: 'Just one more chapter...' A book not to start in the evening, especially if you have to get up early the next morning! >>

ROBIN HOBB Wyl Thirsk is still just a teenager when he must assume the role he was destined for since birth: commander-in-chief of the armies of Morgravia. A responsibility that leads him to the court of Prince Celimus, a sadistic despot. There, an act of kindness towards a witch condemned to the stake will earn Wyl a miraculous gift, as well as the wrath of his lord and master.

Wyl is sent North where war threatens, on a suicidal mission to the enemy court... with his only weapon a mysterious power whose existence he doesn't even suspect. However, if he does not embrace the Last Breath, he will seal his doom... and that of the country he has sworn to defend.