A paperback copy of The Way of the Wielder, by Sarah J. Hoodlet. The cover features a young woman holding a glowing orb in one hand. She's staring at the sphere, her face in profile view. Behind her is a misty cityscape, and between the title (in the middle) and the author's name (on the bottom) is a vignette of a fox running through a mountainous landscape. The book is placed on a stone next to light purple phlox, a common early spring flower in the northeastern US.