The Fountains of Mirlacca

This is a wonderful start to a trilogy that turns out to be something very different. Jazen is your everyday John Doe, he works the forge, has no prospects for the future, and thinks he's going insane because of the imps he see's in the fire. But when a small group of travelling exorcists come alone, he decides to follow them, and it changes his life. He is taken to the capital city of Mirlacca, where he learns how to do basic fire magic, and ends up saving the city from a demon. The Fountains of Mirlacca gives you a steady background from which you can experiance the next two WONDERFUL books in this series.