Brockmann, J. Walter: The Ruby-Eyed Child

Leaf Bottlestopper is a perfectly ordinary half-elf. Until, that is, his foster mother is killed and his infant foster sister, a ruby-eyed girl named Sage, is kidnapped. Leaf is thrown into a brewing conflict-decades in the making-that's now about to erupt. With help, he learns the deep secrets of the Six Orders of magic-secrets that the enemy's leader has worked hard to suppress. As the time to save his sister dwindles, the question becomes: Is the enemy truly after Sage... or Leaf himself?