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Book Excellence Award Finalist, YA Fiction Ugliness is power, and the Virus of Beauty is spreading causing panic throughout the witch population.Wilf Gilvary is a teenage wizard who is terrified of using magic. When his father dies under mysterious circumstances, Wilf is plunged into the middle of a political struggle between the witches and wizards in the Magical Realm. He'd rather play soccer than practice magic, but he's forced to make a choice between the life of a normal Hong Kong teen and one of wizardry after a powerful virus begins to decimate the witch community. The cure is spellbound in a journal Wilf inherited from his father and when his friend Katryna contracts the virus, Wilf understands that he must overcome his fear of magic to unlock the journal's secrets - but will it be too late to save her?

Witches are taking over Wilf's life.After being thrust into a long-standing conflict between the witches and wizards that has destabilized the Magical Realm and finding the antidote for the Virus of Beauty, Wilf would like to return to his normal soccer playing teenage life. But he can't rest until his stepsister, Myra, is caught and brought to justice. It's been three days since Myra took to the skies above Hong Kong and disappeared. Now Wilf is accused of corrupting the Veil, a defensive barrier between the witch and wizard cities. As the spell expands throughout the Magical Realm, it is attacking witches and wizards. But Wilf would rather embrace his witch friend, Katryna, than his wizard powers. When evil forces have other plans and they kidnap Katryna, Wilf realizes that he'd do anything to save her and the Magical Realm, even if it means risking his own life by connecting to the primary source of all magic.

Wilf Gilvary is a slave to the magic he hates... Magic's hold over Wilf is increasing. If only he could tap into his magic's full potential, then perhaps he could find a way to free himself. When finding a piece of the shattered Mages Crystal plunges Wilf into the mysteries and power struggles of an ancient realm he starts to question whether he can ever break free. He even starts to doubt that his affection for Katryna is real. Wilf is left facing impossible choices: forever abandon his dreams of life as a Normal in Hong Kong, or allow magic, the ancient realm of Mulkulth and Katryna to perish.