The Spellgrinders Apprentice - N M Browne

An orphaned boy runs away from the dark cellar where he is apprenticed to grind spellstones, which can be shaped to wield great magical power. His escape from this shadowy world is punishable by death, but this doesn’t explain why the most powerful man on the island, a man as dangerous and unstable as the spellstones themselves, is hunting the boy. He will go to any lengths to capture him, but that is the worst thing he could do ..

Enter a world of magic and betrayal in this brilliantly clever and mesmerising adventure.