The Lost Gate

Danny North grows up in a secretive family of exiled mages in modern Virginia, surrounded by relatives with powers that ordinary people would call magic. Unlike his cousins, Danny appears to have no talent, until he discovers that he is a rare Gate Mage, able to create the magical passages that were closed centuries earlier. His awakening draws him into the dangerous politics of the mage Families and forces him to learn the truth about his family's hidden history.

by Orson Scott Card

Tor · First published 2011 · 384 pages