He Burned the Guild Mark Off His Wrist

Synopsis

At thirty, Callum Wells has never been anything but ordinary, until a gym fire ends with a purple portal under his palm and an agent in a suit snapping cuffs onto his wrist. The Arcane Regulation Guild tells him what he is, tattoos a classification into his skin, assigns him a handler, and explains that deserters are hunted and then executed. So he runs. New hair, new name, a farmhouse in a quiet Midwest town where the sheriff's family has too many teeth. Then a girl is taken off an empty street at night, and staying hidden stops being an option.