The Hand of the Sun King

Wen Oak is a child of two worlds.
The paternal line has passed down a proud loyalty and service to the godlike Sienese emperor from generation to generation. It is expected that Oak will follow this tradition, passing the imperial exams... and studying the permitted types of magic. And if he serves with honor, enhancing his family's glory, he will hold the most powerful position in Siena and be called the Hand of the Emperor.
But from his mother, he inherited a defiance of the empire, a history of wild gods and magic, those who cannot be controlled by the imperial sorcerers.
Faced with the most important choice of his life, Oak realizes: the conflict between the empire and the resistance is only the beginning of a war that will engulf the sky and the earth, gods and humans. And that he has the power to tip the scales towards the ultimate victory of the side that can accept him as one of their own…