Tallis: Books of Andresium #1

Knowledge made flesh is freedom oppressed. Among all the sorcerers and immortals of Andresium, only Tallis has knowledge of the forbidden words in the True Tongue for life and death. Those who fancy power find the temptation to gain and use such knowledge seductive, but none so much as Tallis. Known by most as the Loren, she struggles with the sway of destiny and the conflicting desires of her own heart to find a path that is both just and true in the face of a prophecy which foretells that Tallis will destroy all.